Lawrence isn’t an island, Edith Guffey repeated during her keynote address at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday. There is this idea that the city is special, she said — a “progressive blue dot” — and that it is somehow different from other parts of the state in how it handles social justice issues. But that’s not the case, said Guffey, who is a Lawrence resident and a conference minister ...
Like many people, Cody Lindenberger hates the sound of his own voice. But the Lawrence local loves the voice he puts on when he acts as Richard, a character Lindenberger is voicing for a radio drama involving people across the nation. This fall, Lindenberger joined the cast of “Secrets of Harridge House,” a series that airs weekly on KNVC Community Radio in Carson City, Nev. Radio dramas were popular in ...
Local activist group Justice Matters will host a free virtual event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day aimed at bringing light to injustices in the community and how they can be combated. Deacon Godsey, the co-president of Justice Matters, said the group hosted a series of listening sessions in the fall of 2020 where hundreds of community members gathered in Zoom meetings to talk about what issues and injustices ...
As of Friday, 3,337 first doses and 792 second doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Douglas County, according to the health department. George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said the 3,337 first doses have been administered at LMH Health, Heartland, the health department, Haskell Indian Health Center and long-term care facilities. The second doses had been ...
Months after sending out a directive telling the editor of the student newspaper what he could and could not publish, the president of Haskell Indian Nations University has rescinded his memorandum. In an undated letter that just reached student journalist Jared Nally on Wednesday, Haskell President Ronald Graham wrote that the university “took an incorrect approach” in sending out the Oct. 16 ...
Doctors from LMH Health and the University of Kansas Health System said Wednesday that they expect the COVID-19 vaccines to last six months to a year — or longer. On Sunday, the Journal-World reported that local infectious disease doctor Jennifer Schrimsher said the vaccines should work for at least three months. This week, Schrimsher noted that she expects the vaccine protection to last “well beyond ...