When it comes to rankings, KU basketball fans already may be a bit testy. (To review, March has brought the following: A No. 1 national ranking, NCAA heartbreak, and a large supply of giant No. 1 foam fingers that almost certainly are going to get misused.) Well, there is another ranking that applies to the entire state of Kansas, and it may not improve moods. The state recently was ranked as having the ...
UPDATED STORY: Douglas County health department prohibits large gatherings, orders 2-week closure of schools, rec centers, libraries
A pair of area school districts are contemplating how to hold classes as coronavirus fears mount, and one of them is telling parents to begin thinking now about how they would handle a prolonged closing of school.
“It is important that families and staff prepare for schools ...
The Lawrence Public Library is canceling all events through the end of the month as a result of the spreading coronavirus, but it otherwise plans to stay open to the public, the library’s leader said Thursday.
Beginning Friday, all events at the library will be canceled. The earliest any events would resume would be April 1, the library said in a social media post.
Library director Brad Allen told the ...
Baldwin City-based Baker University is now among the universities changing class schedules in response to coronavirus concerns.
Baker already was scheduled to be on spring break from March 16 to March 20. But instead of resuming normal classes after spring break, the university will teach classes online from March 23 to April 3. On-campus housing will be closed during that period.
Baker spokeswoman Dolores ...
If a castle is your office, perhaps you could get away with wearing your bathrobe to work if you pair it with a nice scepter and crown. The theory likely won’t be tested, but Lawrence’s historic Castle Tea Room is going to serve as a prominent Lawrence office. The local United Way has signed a deal to move its offices there later this spring.
The United Way of Douglas County hopes to move into the old ...
There are signs that parts of Lawrence’s Kmart Distribution Center may remain open.
As we reported in late January, the company filed a federal form warning employees and the community that it was planning to close its facility at 2400 Kresge Road and eliminate 111 jobs in the process. Plans called for the closing to happen near the end of March.
That may still happen, but that is not the latest talk ...
