Native American artisans from around the country will converge on Lawrence this weekend for the 31st Haskell Indian Art Market. Stephanie Fernando, coordinator of the two-day event, said 135 booths will be set up outdoors on the grounds of Haskell Indian Nations University. Some of the artists and craftspeople come from as far away as California, Arizona, and New Mexico, she said. The artists will be selling ...
Exhibitors are down to the wire creating items to sell at this weekend's 40th Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Festival. On Tuesday, Christy Minton was putting the finishing touches on the multimaterial collages she fashions in her downtown Lawrence apartment. In North Lawrence, Guy Young was working up a sweat inside his shop, completing his laser-engraved plaques with well-known cartoon characters and various ...
Investigators have determined that a lightning strike was the cause of the fire that destroyed the Clinton Presbyterian Church Friday morning. “It was natural causes,” said Jill Bronaugh, a spokeswoman at the Office of the State Fire Marshal in Topeka. The estimated damage to the century-old building in rural Douglas County was $1 million, Bronaugh said. Firefighters were on the scene at 4:40 a.m. Friday ...
Finding ways to incorporate self-care into a hectic daily life was the topic of brainstorming by University of Kansas faculty and students during the first session of a new series called “Spotlight on Care,” which kicked off at The Commons Wednesday. Following the brainstorming, those in attendance spent about 15 minutes outside being mindful of nature as they quietly explored the Weaver Courtyard, just ...
Updated at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday It has been a record-breaking summer at Clinton Lake, where the water level surpassed a high set 24 years ago. On Tuesday the lake was at 895 feet above sea level, which was 19.5 feet above its norm of 875.5 feet. That brings the lake down 2 feet below the record high of 897 feet set in July. The old record of 892.48 feet was set in May 1995. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
Over the years, genealogical research has advanced from tracking down records in libraries and government files to dropping in on ancestral homes via Google Earth — and one local couple have kept up with the technology in hopes of helping people find their family roots. The couple, Richard and Alisa Branham, teach genealogy classes at the Watkins Museum of History, one of which focuses on digital travel and ...