The Stars and Stripes will be on full display in this year's Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence. On Nov. 11, Massachusetts Street will be lined with citizens ready to honor, remember and thank veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Opening ceremonies start at 10:30 a.m., followed by the parade at 11. The parade is a rain-or-shine event that will begin lining up at Seventh and Massachusetts streets and will ...
Recent rainfall hasn't done much to ease dry conditions in Douglas County, and more dry weather is ahead over the next couple of months, weather and climate monitoring agencies say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration currently ranks Douglas County's drought condition as “extreme drought," unchanged from its rating in late July. According to the National Weather Service rain gauges at ...
Lawrence's Free State Festival — a showcase of film, music, art and ideas — will be back Sept. 17-23 for its seventh year, this time with an emphasis on activism. While some of the events will be free to attend, others will cost anywhere from $5 to $30 per ticket. Here are a few of the scheduled highlights: The festival will kick off with Cheech Marin, who will headline the "Ideas" portion of the festival ...