Rocky, a brown llama, came with experience, which helped Newt Schreiner, 11, Wednesday as he led the animal around the show ring at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. This was Newt's first year in the llama project, but not Rocky's. Newt shares the animal with his older sister, Sawyer Schreiner, 14, who has been in the project the past four years. “I don’t mind sharing,” said Sawyer, who offers tips to her ...
Like an excited student about to move into a college dorm, Toni Dudley was pulling a canvas wagon loaded with a few of her belongings into the Village Cooperative Friday afternoon, ready to start a new life. The 52-unit housing complex, at the corner of West Sixth Street and Branchwood Drive, is for a different stage of life, though — specifically for people 62 and older. Toni and her husband, John Dudley, ...
Two months after a massive tornado ripped through Douglas and Leavenworth counties, owners of homes and businesses in the path of the 32-mile, EF-4 twister are realizing how much patience and determination rebuilding takes — and they're seeing progress. Excavating equipment continues clearing debris at Free State Growers, 12819 198th St., a longtime Linwood business that took a direct hit from the May 28 ...
The city’s Outdoor Aquatic Center will be closing two weeks early this summer because of staffing and financial issues. “We typically have gone from Memorial Day to Labor Day,” said Roger Steinbrock, marketing supervisor with the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. However, this year the outdoor pool at 727 Kentucky St. is set to close for the season on Aug. 18. This is despite the fact that July ...
As the search for permanent leadership continues at Haskell Indian Nations University, a faculty member who served as acting president earlier this year will once again be the school's temporary leader. On July 15, the Bureau of Indian Education selected Dan Wildcat to serve as acting president of Haskell for the coming academic year or until a permanent president is appointed. Wildcat, a Yuchi member of the ...
Temperatures are sizzling outdoors, but it will be snowing on the stage of Theatre Lawrence during this weekend’s youth production of “Disney's Frozen Jr.” The show, based on the 2013 Disney film, includes a cast of more than 40 young performers, and the technical crew has been hard at work to simulate a blizzard on the stage, director Hailey Gillespie said. “People who have never come to Theatre ...