For a blind Eudora resident who turned 85 last week, honks from passing cars were one way the community let him know they were thinking about him on his special day.
“Honk,” a sign in his front yard read, “Lou is 85!”
Celebrations of all kinds have been upended due to the coronavirus and government orders to stay at home, but many locals seem to have decided that surprise signs in the front yard can ...
Local storyteller Priscilla Howe has been using different puppets each day in her online story time sessions.
Every weekday at 2 p.m., Howe offers a free story on Zoom geared toward children. She’s doing it for the community, she said, but also to brighten up her day.
“When everybody is feeling so anxious, this has been really great just to see all the listeners laughing,” she said. “We need a little ...
Despite fears of contracting the coronavirus, a steady stream of donors flowed through an American Red Cross blood drive Thursday at Lawrence's Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Social distancing guidelines are impossible to maintain while a staff member takes a donor’s blood, but those involved in the blood drive process felt the services they were providing were equally important to the nation’s health. ...
Local grocery stores are offering a drive-thru grocery pickup service, an action that may help reduce crowding in-store and allow for at-risk customers to maintain social-distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak.
In most cases, customers can order their groceries online, drive to the store and have a worker load the groceries into their trunk.
But one customer who has been enjoying the benefits ...
Local nonprofits are seeking landlords who will rent their empty units to the unsheltered homeless or populations living in tightly quartered shelters.
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will receive $50,000 in state funds to assist with housing unsheltered individuals and families in an effort to contain the coronavirus and will use this funding to pay the rent for these spaces.
“Our big request is ...
Framed maps line the wall in the entrance of David and Sacie Lambertson’s home, a hint at the worldly collection of decorations the couple has inside.
The former career diplomat and his wife have lived in six countries and multiple states, and their renovated home at 715 New York St. exhibits their diverse collection.
A bark painting from Australia hangs in the living room, and a piece of driftwood from ...
