On the surface, there is nothing to identify Nick Carswell as anything but another white American, sitting in a Lawrence coffee shop sipping a latte on a Wednesday morning.
He jokes that his accent has slowly "naturalized" over the past eight years since moving here from Dublin, but Carswell’s identity is clear.
“I’m an Irishman,” he said. “I have an Irish passport, and I’m an Irish citizen.” ...
As much as Addison Leslie loves her chickens — especially Eilen, a Polish hen — she’s happy to leave them every June for a week at camp.
There is something special about Camp Hope, says Addison, 13, who will be returning for her fifth year.
She will be one of 70 kids ages 5 to 17 from across Kansas who have or had cancer attending the free camp. It's located 5 miles northeast of Great Bend at Camp ...
Nearly 50 barbecue teams will square off at Saturday’s Sertoma 48 BarBQ Cook-Off, serving up their best pork, brisket, chicken and ribs for a chance to compete in the American Royal's World Series of Barbecue in September.
For $6 each round, visitors can taste the contest entries and vote for their favorite team. Round one of the competition begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, and round two is at 12:30 p.m. The event ...
The man Haskell Alumni Association named earlier this month as this year’s outstanding alumnus had been removed last September from his leadership role with the Kickapoo Tribe in Horton.
Russell A. Bradley, a class of 1962 graduate and the 2019 Outstanding Haskell Alumnus, has served on the Kickapoo Tribal Council, which is the official governing body of the tribe, for 15 years.
However, in September 2018, ...
Kelsey King hasn’t missed a rehearsal of Disney’s "Aladdin Jr." since the first snowy night in February when the Penguin Project was introduced at Theatre Lawrence.
But she’s not alone. Her peer mentor Eleanor Roust has been by her side.
“The moment I laid eyes on her, I knew we were going to be friends,” said Kelsey, a student at Free State High School.
The two are with 34 other artists and ...
Nancy O’Connor and Elise Gard carefully lifted the plastic off the low tunnel, revealing big heads of buttercrunch lettuce that would be ready to harvest in a few weeks.
When that time arrives, Gard and other young gardeners working with the Growing Food Growing Health project at West Middle School will gather the lettuce. They'll wash and bag the greens and place a sticker with the project's logo on each ...
