The United Way of Douglas County hopes to hire a new leader for its organization in February, said Peggy Johnson, chair of the board of directors. A committee conducting the search for a new president and chief executive officer for the nonprofit organization set a general timeline earlier this week, Johnson said. The group hopes to have a new leader in place before the United Way’s annual meeting, which is ...
Free State Brewing Company is putting beer to especially good use this month. The downtown Lawrence brewery and restaurant, 636 Massachusetts St., will put a new beer on tap to help people affected by the Camp Fire in Butte County, Calif. The November wildfire burned more than 153,000 acres and destroyed about 14,000 homes, according to SFGate.com. As of Wednesday, 86 people had died, making it the deadliest ...
Story updated at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18: A man from Kansas City, Mo., was charged with aggravated domestic battery on Tuesday for allegedly choking a woman in Douglas County. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jared Seth Potts, 33, at 3:40 a.m. Monday in Shawnee. Potts, who appeared in Douglas County District Court through video stream, was formally charged with the felony on Tuesday. While in ...
A local author is likely to make a splash with her debut novel. Kate Russell, who teaches creative writing and composition in the University of Kansas English department, sold the publishing rights to her novel “My Dark Vanessa” to William Morrow, an imprint of the publishing company HarperCollins, according to an Entertainment Weekly report. Russell sold the rights to the book for at least $1 million ...
Once again, Lawrence’s most famous historic event makes an appearance in popular culture. William Quantrill's attack on Lawrence makes a brief appearance in the extremely popular video game “Red Dead Redemption 2,” a western-themed, open-world game set just before the turn of the 20th century. The game’s story follows a gang of bandits through a fictionalized version of the American west in the dying ...
A reading program between Midland Care and the Elizabeth Ballard Community Center allows the oldest and youngest generations of Lawrence to enjoy each other’s company. Once a month, some seniors receiving health care from Midland Care read a short story to the children of the Ballard Center preschool. The program, which is a little more than two years old, allows seniors to remain engaged in the community, ...