This May, Lawrence has seen almost twice the amount of rain it normally receives, and more showers are expected to dampen the last two days of the Memorial Day weekend.
Shawn Byrne, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said rain is expected to start Sunday evening and continue through Monday morning and early afternoon. He said the Lawrence area could see another 1 to 1.5 inches of ...
For Lauren Klapper, the highlight of Sunday’s University of Kansas combined 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremony was its opening act.
“Walking down the hill,” the 2020 graduate from Kansas City, Kan., said of the traditional walk from the Campanile down to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. “It’s such a unique tradition at KU. I wanted to experience it.”
Although a common theme from speakers was ...
The Eudora City Commission has made its first investment in the construction of a new water treatment plant with the purchase of property on which it intends to build the facility.
At their May 10 meeting, commissioners approved purchase of about 12 acres at 2216 N. 1420 Road owned by a Goodger family trust for $300,000. There is currently a house on the property with the rest of the land primarily used for ...
Over the last month, a new attraction has taken shape on the wall of a building near Lecompton's Territorial Capital Museum — a 60-foot-wide mural of an eagle, the Kansas River and some local landmarks past and present.
The mural on the wall of an old gymnasium is the work of Rick Wright, a former resident of Lecompton and the current art director of Lawrence arts-based social service agency Van Go. He's ...
With three weeks remaining until the filing deadline, candidate filings have been sparse for city government and school board positions in Baldwin City and Eudora.
The Baldwin City and Eudora school boards have each had an incumbent board member file for reelection, and the mayors of the two communities filed last month, as the Journal-World previously reported.
On the Baldwin City school board, Chris Perry is ...
Three candidates for Eudora's superintendent position — all of them superintendents from elsewhere in Kansas — visited the district this past week, and now it's up to the Eudora school board to decide which of them will get the job.
During their visits, candidates Darrel Kohlman, Jason Cline and Stu Moeckel each had a daylong tour of the district's schools, a half-hour meet-and-greet with the public and an ...
