Every morning at 6:02 a.m., Kathy Hanks and Amy Bickel would wake up and log on to their computers. In the same Google Document, the women would write in the morning hours from their respective homes in Lawrence and Burrton, Kan.
Hanks and Bickel, former colleagues at The Hutchinson News, have been working on a book for the past two years. They completed the majority of their research and interviewing ...
In Sara Gillum’s front yard, strings of rainbow decorations hang from tree branches, swaying and turning in the breeze. The art project started as Gillum’s creative way to reuse plastic lids. Now, it’s become her fundraising effort for Lawrence nonprofits.
Prior to the pandemic, Gillum had only one rainbow string hanging from her tree. A mother of two, Gillum made it two years ago entirely of Play-Doh ...
After a round of federal stimulus checks granted qualifying U.S. citizens money to help pay for living expenses and boost the economy, Americans may be wondering if a second round of payment could be on the way as COVID-19 continues to spread.
On Monday, President Donald Trump told a reporter for Scripps' television stations, “We will be doing another stimulus package. It’ll be very good. It’ll be very ...
Updated at 5:07 p.m. Friday
The Jayhawk Cafe was confirmed as a site of a COVID-19 outbreak on Friday, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in a news release.
Several people who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 reported being present at the Lawrence bar at 1340 Ohio St., also known as The Hawk, on either Friday, June 19, or Saturday, June 20. The bar, near the University of Kansas campus, is ...
Updated at 5:15 p.m. Thursday
Haskell Indian Nations University students will not return to campus in August. Haskell President Ronald Graham told the Journal-World Thursday that all classes would be held virtually for the fall semester.
In March, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Haskell suspended its commencement ceremony and asked that students not return to campus following spring break.
The ...
The Watkins Museum of History is set to reopen Tuesday with five exhibits, one of which the museum describes as especially "relevant for today.”
“Days of Rage: The 1970 Curfew” is part of the museum's Lawrence 1970 Project and will focus on the brief period in 1970 when Lawrence was placed under a curfew because of arson, bomb threats and other violence.
Will Hickox, the museum's public engagement ...
