After digging up supposed hidden graves, searching country ponds with cadaver dogs, and even attempts at scouring the Kansas River, family and friends still haven't found Randy Leach.
Randy’s mother, Alberta Leach, says for more than 30 years she and her husband looked into any leads or stories that came their way, even following the tips of psychics. Still there was no trace of Randy or the car he was ...
Lawrence Transit service got a special delivery this week, just in time for Earth Day on Friday.
The first of five electric buses that the city is scheduled to receive this year arrived on Thursday, according to Transit Director Adam Weigel. Weigel said that the city is excited to bring electric buses into Lawrence and contribute to the city’s larger environmental sustainability efforts.
“It fits so well ...
School board leaders will soon decide whether to move forward with a proposal to begin phasing in a public Montessori program at New York Elementary next school year.
As part of its meeting Monday, the Lawrence school board will consider a proposal to approve the addition of the Montessori school curriculum at New York beginning with the Children’s House, which would serve ages 3, 4 and kindergarten, for the ...
The potential concept for the $200,000 public art installation for Lawrence’s new bus station is taking shape.
A committee reviewed concept proposals from three artists and is recommending a proposal for a colorful glass sculpture by Kansas City, Missouri-based artist Tyler Kimball of Monarch Glass Studio.
The work includes three components: a main sculpture that is integrated into a corner window of the ...
The Bradford pear trees across Lawrence are replete with their springtime blooms, but the white flowers are not a welcome sight for those in the city’s forestry division.
The Bradford pear is a type of ornamental pear tree native to Asia that has been popular with landscapers, but the fast-growing trees have spread to parks and other forested areas to the detriment of native tree and plant species and ...
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Kaw Nation Vice-Chairman James Pepper Henry told city leaders Tuesday that he’d heard about the sacred stone In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe his whole life, and distinctly recalled the first time he was able to visit it at its current location in Lawrence.
“I was very impressed and overwhelmed with seeing In ‘zhúje ‘waxóbe for the first time,” said Pepper Henry, who ...
