Fifty-eight years ago, in the early hours of a freezing December night, a boiler explosion in a laundry building resulted in a fire of “record proportions” that “destroyed or badly damaged” three buildings in downtown Lawrence from Massachusetts to Vermont Streets. One of those ...
Douglas County administrator will get $41K raise; county commissioners say it’s appropriate for her position
At Transgender Day of Remembrance, Lawrence community urges strength and solidarity in face of fears
A common take on this year’s presidential election is that a focus on “boutique” or “exotic” issues such as transgender rights ...
KU sustains first loss of season, 76-63 at Creighton
LHS football coach steps down after leading program for 4 years
Lawrence High School football coach Clint Bowen will no longer be coaching the Lions and has instead decided to explore other coaching options ...
Biden, Trump officials, plus national journalists, coming to Lawrence to dissect presidential election results
As Trump’s second term nears, new KU center set to study ‘democratic backsliding’ and whether it will happen here
You thought there would be a break from the big questions. After all, for more than a year, every news program on television, every other email ...
Berry Global, county’s largest private employer, is set to be bought by an even bigger plastics company
With the year nearly done, Lawrence still on track for a budget shortfall in sales tax collections
Plans filed to bring a type of Casey’s convenience store to 23rd and Harper; Q39 construction underway in downtown
Douglas County judge joins Kansas Supreme Court’s committee on pretrial detention
‘He literally saved my life’: Free State teacher grateful for student’s quick action in rescuing him from choking to death
Lawrence police introduce new therapy dog: Rosie the mini-goldendoodle
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS: 2024 Holiday Events Calendar
Author Louise Erdrich speaks at Haskell about new novel, growth of Indigenous works
LMH Health will soon drop Medicare Advantage plans from Aetna and Humana, and about 4,000 patients are caught in the middle
Monks will be working on sand mandala at Lawrence Arts Center through Saturday
A wren-naissance: One of Lawrence’s historic concrete bird statues is restored after half-century-long journey, will be displayed at Watkins Museum
In survey of Douglas County renters, two-thirds said their rent had gone up over 2 years
City staff says new irrigation project for Eagle Bend Golf Course, sports fields could save millions of dollars over 20 years
A new project that city leaders approved this week should make it more efficient to irrigate Eagle Bend Golf Course and athletic fields in southwest Lawrence, and ...