Six people were hospitalized after a head-on crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 24 in Jefferson County. According the Kansas Highway Patrol online crash report, the crash occurred at 12:08 p.m at U.S. 24 mile marker 386, which is about a quarter mile east of the U.S. Highway 59 intersection. The Highway Patrol reports Bryan K. Hone, 53, of Salina, attempted to pass an eastbound truck on U.S. 24 in a 2019 ...
As she spread mulch Saturday around a newly planted fruit tree in the Little Prairie Donation Garden in Peterson Park, Yuliya Platkowski said she was happy to lend her green thumb to a task that will help reduce hunger in Lawrence. “This is a good thing, right?” she asked. “This is the place to be this morning. I love to work in my flower garden, but this is such a good cause.” The Donation Garden ...
When the bells of Baldwin City First United Methodist Church rang out the noon hour on Saturday, the Maple Leaf Festival had only been going on for a few hours — but one of the key organizers was already pronouncing the event a huge success. Donna Curran, the festival booth committee chair, said the festival was on track for what could be an attendance record. She pointed to the near-perfect fall weather, as ...
The congregation of the Clinton Presbyterian Church enjoyed a beautiful fall afternoon as it marked a milestone in its 156-year history Sunday with the dedication a new church. Weather hasn’t always been so kind to the congregation in the west Douglas County hamlet of Clinton. The new church building was built on the site of a 101-year-old church that burned to the ground after being struck by lightning Aug. ...
A shameful night in Lawrence history — June 10, 1882, when three Black men were lynched — should not be forgotten, but should be used as a motivation to combat current racial injustices, speakers said Saturday at a memorial for the victims. About 120 people gathered on Saturday under the Kansas River bridges — the location where more than a century earlier, a mob of white residents had hanged Pete ...
Candidates for the Lawrence City Commission agreed at a forum Saturday that the local arts and culture community supported the goals of the city's strategic plan. But some of them were hesitant to specify how arts programs should be funded. The forum was sponsored by a group of community organizations and businesses that are supportive of the arts and culture industry and took place at the Lawrence Arts ...