The isolation of the coronavirus pandemic has meant few changes of scene for some, but creeping out in the night with a wagon full of props, one Lawrence resident changed that for her neighbors.
The idea had come to Village Cooperative resident Jane Sharp in March, when the coronavirus pandemic first hit Kansas, and came to fruition after months of preparations. Since the day after Thanksgiving, Sharp has been ...
With the help of volunteers, the city of Lawrence will be opening an overnight drop-in shelter that aims to provide a safe option in freezing temperatures for the more than 100 homeless people currently estimated to be sleeping outside.
The city and other partners finalized agreements Wednesday afternoon so that the shelter could open Wednesday night, according to Assistant City Manager Brandon McGuire. ...
When the City of Lawrence ended up the owner of a house in Old West Lawrence, it was not immediately clear what it would do with the property. But two local nonprofits have come forward with a use for the home that will benefit some of the city’s most vulnerable residents.
Tenants to Homeowners and the Willow Domestic Violence Center have partnered to create a new program that will use the house, at 812 Ohio ...
Wearing dress uniforms complete with white gloves, Lawrence police department command staff unfolded the U.S. flag and sent it slowly up the flagpole in front of the department’s new headquarters Monday, officially marking the building’s opening.
In the crowd gathered along the road in front of the nearly $20 million headquarters were former police chiefs, city staff members, city commissioners and other ...
It has been 20 years since Lawrence debuted its bus service, and with a new transit center and route redesign on the horizon, city leaders say decisions made in the next year will be pivotal for the service’s future.
The city marked the transit system's 20th anniversary this month, but the idea of a citywide bus system had been talked about long before the first buses went into service. By the time the City ...
No matter what’s going on in the world around it, the sky is always blue and the sun is always out in Kitty City.
The funky neon cityscape in the Lawrence Arts Center's window has now served as the temporary home of multiple litters of kittens as they wait to be adopted. Its skyscrapers are decorated with feathers and connected by plastic tubes and catwalks, and passersby on the New Hampshire Street sidewalk ...
