A trial aiming to tackle corruption in college basketball is expected to conclude in a matter of days. In a letter filed in federal court on Saturday, Robert S. Khuzami, a U.S. attorney, notified presiding Judge Lewis A. Kaplan that both the prosecutors and the defense attorneys think they will finish calling witnesses to the stand and rest their cases as early as Tuesday. The case would then go to the jury ...
While eating dinner and sharing conversation with neighbors in late September last year, the topic of a native Kansas fruit came up, said Ross Jones, a hobby farmer in rural Douglas County. “Everybody was talking about pawpaws, so I ran down here with a laundry basket and pretty much filled it up,” Jones said of the fruit naturally growing on his land. “Several people said, ‘OK, you won, you have more ...
As a newspaperman myself, I definitely don’t mind when the arts express the importance of the freedom of the press. Along with that First Amendment provision is the freedom of expression, which Theatre Lawrence will take advantage of in an upcoming one-night performance of an adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel “It Can’t Happen Here.” The performance is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the theater. Tickets ...
Lawrence residents will get the chance to view homes in one of the city’s historic neighborhoods this weekend. The East Lawrence Neighborhood Fall Home Tour — featuring six properties between the 900 and 1100 blocks of Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and New York streets — is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Eric Jay, an East Lawrence Neighborhood Association board member, said the featured homes were either newly ...
Lawrence received another inch of rain through the night between Monday and Tuesday and could see more throughout the day. Brandon Drake, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said the Lawrence area received 1.06 inches of rain overnight. The Lawrence area received about 3.99 inches of rain over the weekend to Monday afternoon. Drake said the area could see an additional inch to an inch ...
A jazz performance about Jayhawk basketball will take the Lied Center stage this week in honor of 15 legends affiliated with the University of Kansas sports program. The Lied Center partnered last fall with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by acclaimed musician Wynton Marsalis, to produce a one-night show of jazz highlighting the legends of the blue-blood basketball program. The center commissioned the ...
A rainy weekend in Lawrence could lead into a rainy week. Between the beginning of thunderstorms on Saturday and 1 p.m. Monday, Lawrence received about 3.99 inches of rain, said Brandon Drake, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka. Although the area received a large amount of precipitation, the Lawrence area is still well behind its annual average for rain. On average, Lawrence ...
The Baldwin City Police Department arrested a man who was allegedly wielding an ice pick as a weapon. William Rogers, 51, was arrested at 3:15 p.m. Sunday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery and criminal threat. Mike Patrick, Baldwin City's interim police chief, said police made the arrest after an unnamed victim reported a man “was acting strange” and punched the victim in ...
Designing a beautiful home does not need to be difficult. The tall one-story, open-floor home of Tami and Mike Nevels shows how. The construction for their sleek three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home in East Lawrence finished in the fall of 2017, with the Nevels moving in last September, Tami said. The Nevels, who previously lived on the west side of Lawrence, decided to build the home because the foundation ...
When I walked outside and took a big breath of the cold air Thursday morning, I could tell it’s finally beginning to turn to the best season — autumn. And there's no better way to celebrate autumn than spending the month of October doing some of the most classic fall activities: picking pumpkins, enjoying hayrides and navigating corn mazes. Shane Meuschke, of Meuschke Farms, located at 24350 Alexander ...
What does red do when it wakes up in the morning? How does yellow sound? What does green do when it feels mad? These are the questions the very youngest theatergoers of Lawrence can explore during a new performance at the Lawrence Arts Center. "Color Play," which opens to the public at 6 p.m. Friday, launches a series of performances for the Lawrence Arts Center’s new Theater and Dance for the Very Young ...
The Journal-World is bringing back a longstanding report about health code inspections for local businesses and organizations. With this article, I will begin reporting the state’s restaurant inspection results for our readers on a monthly basis. The Journal-World previously stopped reporting on the listed violations because of a malfunction in the system that incorrectly named businesses. Heather Lansdowne, ...
Homeless families in America are still facing many of the same barriers they have in the past, said Claas Ehlers, chief executive officer for Family Promise, a national organization that aims to help families find permanent housing. Ehlers, who recently visited Lawrence for the local chapter’s 10-year anniversary, said the common barriers include the costs of transportation, child care and health care, which ...
Although he is not on trial, Silvio De Sousa could be ruled ineligible to play basketball for KU based on the outcome of a federal trial underway in New York, NCAA experts told the Journal-World. Less certain is whether the University of Kansas may have to forfeit some of last year’s wins and erase its Final Four appearance and conference championship from the record books. Former NCAA officials and an ...
An upcoming choir performance at the historic Liberty Memorial Central Middle School will honor the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The middle school’s seventh- and eighth-grade choirs will perform in the school’s auditorium at 7 p.m. Oct. 15. The Lawrence High School a cappella choir will perform as well. The centennial of the war's armistice, an agreement to end the war, is Nov. ...
The Lawrence chamber of commerce is looking for a new leader with the ability to formulate and execute a strong vision for the organization, according to an advertisement for the organization’s CEO/president position. Michele Hammann, chair of the organization’s board of directors, said Monday the advertisement was recently posted on the chamber’s website and would be posted on outside job websites this ...
Friday was the start of something new for theater and dance at the University of Kansas. The University Theatre and University Dance Company started the 2018-19 season off this weekend with a musical, the first performance for the two departments after they merged this summer. “A Man of No Importance” opened Friday at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive. The musical production ...
Although it’s getting colder outside, I still think it’s a nice time to hang out in the backyard to enjoy the fall weather. Luckily, the Spencer Museum of Art agrees and will be throwing a party this weekend in possibly the biggest backyard in Lawrence. The museum’s annual Backyard Bash returns from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday and is free and open to the public. The event takes place directly behind the museum, ...
Several newly built houses in Lawrence will be on display during the fall Parade of Homes to highlight new designs and features in home-building. Lawrence residents will have the chance to view 18 featured homes from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and also on Oct. 6-7. The homes are located in southeast, south-central and western Lawrence. The event is free and open to the public. Visitors can see the ...
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department and a team designing a new park in northwest Lawrence asked residents to vote on concepts for the park during a meeting on Wednesday at Sports Pavilion Lawrence. The public was asked to vote on three concept and design choices related to four features: playgrounds, trails, shelters and a spray water park. People expressed their preference for shelter design, for ...