Van Go apprentice artists were not able to create their traditional benches this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outside collaboration the project requires, so instead, they designed 12 essential needs pantries that they hope will help community members in need. It was a project that fit well into what the artists had been learning about earlier in the year. “This spring, prior to the ...
The bells of First United Methodist Church and Trinity Episcopal Church tolled for one minute at 8:15 a.m. Thursday in honor of the victims of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. A group of Lawrence residents who were gathered outside the churches held signs and said their goal was to remember the victims of the world's first atomic bombs and to promote peace. “Today we are here to remember the victims of ...
Lawrence writer Bogi Takács has won one of the science fiction world’s most prestigious awards. Takács was announced as one of the winners of a Hugo Award, which recognizes excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy, on Aug. 1. The Lawrence resident, originally from Hungary, won the “Best Fan Writer” award for reviews and critiques of works published in the field. The Hugo Awards are ...
Two residents at Pioneer Ridge Health & Rehab tested positive for COVID-19 this week, according to the company that manages the facility. The facility, located at 4851 Harvard Road, is a skilled nursing facility that has separate staff and residents from Pioneer Ridge's independent and assisted living communities, said Ali Ellis, the marketing director for Midwest Health. Pioneer Ridge is one of the ...
Little Free Libraries across Lawrence will soon be getting some new additions through a project called the READ Book Drive. READ stands for Race Education And Development, and the book drive aims to collect and distribute books written by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) authors on subjects relating to the experiences of BIPOC people. The idea started after Demetrius Kemp posted on social media ...
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, disease investigators in Douglas County had the time to contact people with positive cases of the virus and track their contacts. But as cases rose in the county in June and July, the job of contact tracing became more arduous. Since early July, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has taken over the contact tracing process for Douglas County. The ...