Working in home healthcare, Marci Bacon often helps people with little to no insurance. When they’re looking for medical supplies within their budget, she sends them to the Wichita Medical Loan Closet. But a few years ago, Bacon lost her health insurance for a short period of time. She has ...
The Lawrence school district’s four-year, on-time graduation rate has improved to 88.7% in 2025, however, there are disparities among many student groups the district hopes to focus on moving forward. The graduation rate is the percentage of students who earn a high school diploma within ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military's price tag for the Iran war has grown to $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3, according to a new estimate provided this week to lawmakers. The figure from U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, offers the most up-to-date cost for the ...
Rather than bypassing downtown's busiest streets by going along the railroad tracks and through the Riverfront Mall site, the Lawrence Loop trail might be routed down Seventh and New Hampshire streets. That's according to recommendations in a draft report from Trekk Design Group on how to ...
In 12 years of showing her pottery at Art in the Park, Melanie Harvey has some ideas of what the people want to see. They want the chicken band. They want the T. rex on the drums, or the cat on the bicycle – the “classic characters” she came up with, inspired by people she knows and ...
Two Lawrence-based artists are among this year’s Rocket Grants recipients, a re-granting program launched by Charlotte Street, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. They will each receive $6,000 for producing public art projects in the ...
