When Benjamin Patterson stood at the grave of a 23-year-old World War II combat engineer from North Lawrence, he didn’t just see a name etched in white marble — he saw a life he had spent months uncovering. Since January, Patterson, a rising senior, and Sonja Czarnecki, a social studies ...
When Cale Moore was months away from becoming a parent in the summer of 2024, he and his wife found the Boot Camp for New Dads at LMH Health, a Saturday workshop offered in partnership with the nonprofit Dads of Douglas County. “I always have felt like I’ve wanted to be an involved dad ...
Update: The Lawrence Police Department updated its Facebook post about a missing woman to say she had been found safe. The original story is below. ---- The Lawrence Police Department called on residents to be on the lookout for a missing woman on Saturday night. According to a post on ...
Clinton Lake is under a "watch" for blue-green algae, according to a news release Friday from state agencies. KDHE and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks routinely issue public health advisories due to blue-green algae, especially during the water recreation season, which officially ...
What if saving a life was as easy and fun as spending an hour with a friend? For Laurie Ziegler and Linda Kucza, that’s exactly what blood donation has become — a life-saving tradition wrapped in laughter, friendship and a little friendly competition. How it started Ziegler, a reading and ...
As banks, investors and others prepared to come together last week to purchase nearly $55 million in bonds from Douglas County — essentially lending the county government money — they likely did a little reading on the county’s finances. The credit rating agency Moody’s had put out a ...