A Lawrence woman was arrested Saturday after she allegedly pulled a knife on an acquaintance riding with her on a Lawrence bus. According to an email Sunday from Lawrence Police Department spokeswoman Laura McCabe, police were called to a bus at about 4:39 p.m. Saturday at 3800 Greenway Circle when two women, who apparently knew each other, started arguing. The incident escalated when one of the women briefly ...
Dozens of people came to First Christian Church's basement Thursday for the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen's annual Thanksgiving dinner, and they weren't just there for the turkey, dressing, pie and other traditional fixings. “I know the food is going to be good, but I’m here for the company,” said Gerald Thomas, of Lawrence, as he chatted with friends waiting on the sidewalk in front of ...
A Texas women was killed Saturday evening in a two-car accident on U.S. Highway 24 just west of the Douglas/Jefferson county line. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol online crash report, the accident occurred at about 10:50 p.m. near U.S. Highway 24 mile marker 390, which is just west of the county line in Jefferson County. The report states that the accident occurred when an eastbound 2016 Chevrolet ...
Shortly before noon on Saturday, Charlene Hannon and her daughter Annie Hannon had just a few free minutes before the Baldwin City Maple Leaf Festival parade ended and a throng of people started moving a block west to their booth on the corner of Seventh and High streets. It was the second straight year the Baldwin City mother and daughter had sold their baked goods at the prime corner location, next to the ...
Baldwin City visitors now have the opportunity to experience the community's frontier history on the Santa Fe Trail, albeit in a much more comfortable fashion. Parked in the recreation vehicle lot of Baldwin City's The Lodge motel are two covered wagons that are available for overnight rentals. The wagons are replicas of those that traveled the Santa Fe Trail, which passed through Palmyra, the frontier ...
Organizers of the annual EudoraFest are trying something new this year to spice up the annual fall community celebration. EudoraFest will return for the 26th year on Saturday. The festival committee has booked The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band to be the event's first-ever paid-admission concert. The band will close out the day's activities with a 7 p.m. show at the Eudora High School Performing Arts Center. It's ...