The public’s pent-up desire to get out and enjoy traditional community events will help fuel attendance at this year’s Douglas County Fair, organizers of the annual event predict. Mike Kelso, a longtime Douglas County Fair Board member, said he has already witnessed the public’s response to the relaxing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. “I worked concessions last month at the (Eudora) CPA Picnic,” ...
The weather pattern that has produced a heat wave in the Pacific Northwest has brought cooler temperatures and rain to northeast Kansas. Adam Jones, meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said the dome of high pressure over the Western states that is responsible for that area's heat wave has also allowed cooler, drier air to sweep into the Midwest. “That’s exactly what’s causing ...
Baldwin City will celebrate Independence Day and the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic with a slate of activities Saturday at the Municipal Golf Course, 1500 South St., before a concluding fireworks show. The celebration will be the first large community gathering in Baldwin City since the start of the pandemic. It will also be the first community fireworks show in two years after thunderstorms led to the ...
The artist commissioned to create the art that will stand outside the new Lawrence police headquarters told the public Saturday that his work would invite viewers to look through the eyes of others. The artist, Joe O'Connell, of Tucson, Ariz., was selected two years ago from more than 40 artists to create the art at the new headquarters, 5100 Overland Drive. He is expected to complete the $325,000 project this ...
The eight candidates running for Lawrence City Commission shared their views Saturday on affordable housing, a possible restructuring of the city's form of government and the future of downtown. All eight candidates were at the Lawrence Arts Center for a forum sponsored by the Douglas County Democratic Party. The slate includes two incumbents, Stuart Boley and Lisa Larsen, and six newcomers: Chris Flowers, ...
The Baldwin City Council is moving forward with an ordinance to ban private water wells in the city, but the action may come too late to prevent the first active well from being dug. At its June 15 meeting, the City Council considered the first reading of an ordinance, which would ban the digging of private water wells. The ordinance had the support of City Administrator Glenn Rodden, City Attorney Blake Glover ...