photo by: Richard Gwin

Lawrence police officers investigate a fatality accident Saturday at Riverfront Park. Police say one person died when a Jeep overturned early Saturday near the park entrance.

photo by: Richard Gwin

One person died after they were thrown out of a vehicle they were driving in Riverfront Park early Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

A view of a portion of the 17-acre garden project at the Leavenworth Federal Prison. The project offers inmates a chance to earn a horticulture certificate and also provides thousands of pounds of fresh produce to local food banks.

photo by: Shaun Hittle

Mark Densetti, director of legislative and policy advocacy with the Kansas National Education Association, speaks to about 60 people Saturday at the Lawrence Public Library. Densetti said the financial picture for education in Kansas public schools is "gloomy."

Raising the flag: From left, Herb Weidensaul has an island-hopping Marine, Floyd Temple, hoist the flag July 25 on a new pole at Malls Olde English Village. Both are longtime residents of Lawrence and were active in World War II. Temple was a Marine in the islands during the war. Weidensaul submitted the photo.