Heartland Community Health Center is one of 18 community health centers statewide that will receive a portion of $15 million in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sen. Jerry Moran announced in a news release on April 8 that Heartland would receive $674,870. The grants, which were made available through the Phase III Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will ...
“Why do you think these folks could use some good books?”
That’s the question friends and family members must answer to nominate candidates to The Raven Book Store’s Book Benefactors program.
“He’s working the hardest he can and making his bill payments. He doesn’t have extra spending money for fun stuff,” one person shared.
Another nominator said their wife was sad the seniors on her high ...
On a yellow pad of legal paper, Dudley Karstensen writes messages such as “Have a good week” and “God bless you,” then holds them up against his car window.
This is how congregants have been interacting during church services the past three weeks at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2104 Bob Billings Parkway. Though the church has discontinued ordinary services because of concerns about COVID-19, it has found a ...
A week ago, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said this past week would be the “hardest” and “saddest” of most Americans’ lives due to the COVID-19 outbreak. He compared the trials with the anguish of events such as Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
“Only it’s not going to be localized,” Adams said in an interview on Fox News. “It’s going to be happening all over the country.”
But many local, ...
The Lawrence Arts Center’s monthly Story Slam event is going virtual.
On Friday night, eight local storytellers will share true narratives based around the themes of “Off the Beaten Path” or “Broken.” These stories will be shared via a Zoom link that is available on the Lawrence Arts Center’s website.
The event will begin at 7:15 p.m. with a virtual happy hour, featuring live music from local ...
Lawrence's downtown farmers' market, which had planned before the coronavirus pandemic to open this Saturday, is delaying its start until May 30.
Lawrence Farmers' Market Manager Brian McInerney said organizers decided to delay the opening because of local and state orders to limit public gatherings and encourage social distancing. The market usually runs from the beginning of April through the end of November, ...
