Though the indoor dining room won't be open, the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner will still occur this Thursday — with outdoor seating available. Anyone wanting a Thanksgiving meal can go outside LINK's headquarters at 221 W. 10th St. and receive a free to-go meal between 1 and 2 p.m. on Thursday. Those wishing to eat there can sit in tents donated by ...
After receiving a closure order from the health department on Tuesday, a North Lawrence adult entertainment club appealed the order and then got the order suspended by the director of the health department. Allstars Gentlemen's Club, 913 N. Second St., was issued a closure order Tuesday morning after its third notice of noncompliance with local health orders that require establishments to close after a certain ...
Though Santa won’t need to be rescued from the top of Weaver’s Department Store this year, people will still have numerous opportunities to catch a glimpse of Old Saint Nick this holiday season. The first three Saturdays of December, Santa will make two appearances each day with local entertainer Ric Averill for holiday songs and socially distanced photos. The events, called "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," ...
A Lawrence butcher shop has been named as one of the top 100 essential independent butcher shops in the nation by Food & Wine Magazine. Leeway Butcher, 935 Iowa St., was one of two Kansas butcher shops to make the list. The other, Bichelmeyer Meats, is in Kansas City, Kan. The owners of Leeway Butcher, K and Lee Meisel, said they were surprised to find out they made the list. K noticed the shop was ...
As COVID-19 cases surge and the weather turns cold, people who aren’t comfortable going to a public gym are likely looking for exercises to complete at home. Chris Dellasega, owner of Lawrence’s Athletic Strength Institute, offered tips on four exercises people can do at home with limited space and no special equipment — just their own body weight and ordinary pieces of furniture. Dellasega earned a ...
Lawrence police said Wednesday that they haven’t issued any citations for violations of local health orders, a power they were given under a new City ordinance passed in September. The Lawrence Police Department received the authority to ticket those violating health orders after images of large local house parties with numerous unmasked attendants reached national media outlets — and after community ...