Lawrence High girls basketball wins, FSHS falls in day 2 of Firebird Winter Classic
After some close losses earlier this season, Lawrence High's girls basketball team wasn't going to let its latest chance just slip away. When the pressure ...
Getting to know Kansas State
Already 2-6 outside of Manhattan this season (1-4 in true road games, 1-2 at neutral sites), things don’t figure to get any easier for Bruce ...
Burroughs on the big screen
Much has been written and filmed about author/artist William S. Burroughs, who moved in Lawrence in 1981 and lived here for the remainder of his ...
Jayhawks preparing to battle respected rivals from K-State
Bill Self’s Kansas basketball team found ways to win both of its past two games in the Lone Star State — even if that one ...
Free State girls hoops win, LHS girls lose on first day of Firebird Winter Classic
Free State High's girls basketball team knew it had a big talent advantage against Topeka West on Thursday in the first round of the Firebird ...
Publicly traded firm buys Lawrence-based engineering company; Holiday Inn closing banquet area for renovations; city to consider adding police dogs to force
Lawrence’s efforts to become an engineering hub may have received a significant boost. A publicly traded company has completed a multimillion dollar deal to purchase ...
The Day After: Trouble at TCU
Wednesday's 64-61 Kansas University basketball victory over TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, was such a dud from a pure basketball standpoint, that it's not really ...
New turf being installed at KU’s Memorial Stadium
Construction crews and Bobcats have taken over Memorial Stadium. But, no, it's not the start of any major stadium renovations that KU fans are dying ...
Waffle restaurant to open in East Lawrence; new plans filed for bistro/bar near Poehler Lofts; a goodbye to The Pool Room
I can’t tell you how many times people have tried to convince me that the saying “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” ...
Education groups reach agreement on collective bargaining changes
Four groups representing school boards, administrators, superintendents and teachers reached agreement this week on changes they could all accept to a state law governing collective ...
Big 12 getting serious respect from national hoops analysts
With the calendar turning to February in just a few days, and March being the month that follows February, it doesn't seem all that ridiculous ...
My parenting has reached an all new low
There are most definitely hills and valleys to this parenting gig. I’m in a very low and dark valley right now. My days are exhausting ...
Gov. Docking opposed Statehouse chapel in 1960
Controversy over setting up an interfaith, non-denominational "prayer and meditation" room in the statehouse is apparently nothing new. In response to an article posted on ...
Lawrence home sales slip slightly in 2014; Douglas County Bank changes name to Central Bank of the Midwest
For some reason, I really do have enough ribbon that I could have wrapped an entire house in a bow this Christmas season. (See photo ...
Pulled pork arepas
Recently, a friend suggested I write about arepas, and I realized I'd completely forgotten about the easiest way to pull together a complete meal in ...
Wild world of recruiting strikes again as KU commitment Josh Moore backs out
Late Tuesday night, Kansas University football commitment Josh Moore took to Twitter to announce that he no longer was headed to KU. Moore, a 6-foot-5, ...
Lawmakers want to make Statehouse chapel permanent
Several Kansas lawmakers are pushing a bill this year that would make a prayer and meditation room in the Statehouse a permanent fixture. The House ...
Getting to know TCU
After a perfect 13-0 start to the season, Big 12 play hasn’t gone quite as well for Trent Johnson and his TCU Horned Frogs (14-5 ...
State party conventions look ahead to 2016
Fresh off of their "clean sweep" victories in the 2014 elections, Kansas Republicans will gather in Topeka this weekend to elect their party leadership and ...
City Commission filing deadline today, as field grows to 14; an early look at campaign finances for city seats; one candidate has to give up job to run
When it comes to Lawrence City Commission candidates, we’re at 14 and counting. Greg Robinson, a Lawrence attorney who was a vocal opponent of the ...
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