Once a week, for the past two years, someone from the Willow Domestic Violence Center has waited in a private meeting room at the Lawrence Public Library ready to listen and to explain the center's services. While the center, which works to eliminate domestic violence and human trafficking, is located on Moodie Road, it offers the extra service of Willow Drop-in at the library from 9 a.m. to noon every ...
Visitors to Saturday’s Kansas Food Truck Festival can enjoy everything from gyros to bulgogi bowls to Kansas City barbecue, all while supporting an important cause. Thirty-two vendors will be at the annual event, including local favorites such as Torched Goodness, Drasko's and the Mad Greek food truck, according to the festival's website. The festival is a benefit for local food bank Just Food and will ...
Gracie Flanagan was having so much fun Wednesday morning running in the triathlon at Lawrence High School that she crossed the finish line three times. Flanagan, 17, was one of about 45 secondary adaptive physical education students in the Lawrence school district competing in the event, which included swimming, stationary cycling and track. As the name suggests, adaptive physical education refers to the ...
After last spring’s drought, the recent rain around Lawrence has been a welcome sight for many, although the precipitation comes with a risk of flash flooding. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, 2.37 inches of rain had fallen in Lawrence since the system moved in Sunday evening, according to Sarah Teefey, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka. Because of the rainfall, Douglas County is in a flood ...
It’s been a hectic few years for Hamilton Lewis, who has been part of the team behind the blockbuster hit “Avengers: Endgame.” The 2005 Free State High School graduate also had a hand in the films “Captain Marvel” and "Avengers: Infinity War," which told the first half of the story that concludes in "Endgame." Since “Avengers: Endgame” opened on Friday, the superhero movie has made history with ...
Robert Sterling’s neat craftsmanship remained a selling point 146 years after he laid the stone for the small cottage at 1117 Connecticut St. Warren Hays and Melody Stratton purchased the house in June 2015, after moving to Lawrence from the Washington, D.C., area for Stratton’s job at the University of Kansas. "It’s very well put together and structurally sound,” said Hays, who described the limestone ...