Julie Arenson has always struggled to ask for help. Now her life depends on it.
“It humbles me to my core to know that people are willing to donate an organ to help me lead a better and healthier life,” Arenson said. “I had to ask for help and that was hard.”
Arenson, 60, of Lawrence, knew in January that her donated kidney would fail. She’s currently on a waiting list of over 100,000 other patients, ...
Having borrowed the home address of “The Munsters” for the name of his toy shop, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, owner Terry Taylor thought he was being pranked when a Munster’s manager called him about hosting a signing event at his store.
“If there is a store named after 'The Munsters,' having a Munster in the store ... It doesn’t get much more awesome,” Taylor said.
Fans of the 1960s sitcom “The ...
Almost 1,000 luminary bags — each one representing someone who died of or is currently fighting cancer — surrounded the Rock Chalk Park track as the local American Cancer Society chapter's Relay For Life got underway on Friday night.
“I really wish this would be the last relay ever needed,” participant Bob Silipigni said. “But I know that’s not the case.”
This year’s relay raised an estimated ...
Ifa Nassor had nothing left and no family to turn to when her husband divorced her two years ago. Between raising her son, who is now 3 years old, and juggling two full-time jobs, she completed her GED by taking classes at the Adult Learning Center.
“The day that I passed the last test, I cried really loud," Nassor said. "It wasn’t easy.”
The Lawrence school district honored Nassor and 116 other ...
Theatre Lawrence hopes to take its audience on a musical vacation when its production of “Mamma Mia!” opens on Friday.
Director Mary Doveton said the show's popularity comes from the combination of the music — a collection of hit songs by the band ABBA — and the classic love story theme. The musical, which was adapted into a film by the same name in 2008, follows Sophie, a woman who never knew her ...
Emerging from his basement to find large portions of his home destroyed by an EF-4 tornado, Lawrence High School senior Daniel Davidson notified his yearbook teacher, Barbara Tholen, that he would be unable to help finish the spring section. While brainstorming how to help Davidson, Tholen said she saw an opportunity to help the community by restoring irreplaceable photos damaged in the storm.
“Those ...
