Anton Funke, Isaac Mosier and Jonah Domnick have been friends and scouting together since Cub Scouts in elementary school, so when it came to start their Eagle Scout projects, working together was a natural fit. Part of Troop 53, they were gathered at Just Food on Sunday afternoon working on Funke’s project: building a compost system for the organization. “I was thinking about projects that need to be ...
Volunteers gathered at the intersection of Alabama and Seventh streets over the weekend for a "Street Painting Party" that brought the vision of local artist Dave Loewenstein and neighbors and students of the Lawrence Community Nursery School to life in a street-level mural depicting box turtles — the state reptile of Kansas - and designs from the community. "(The students) are so excited they got to be a ...
A woman who was killed Friday was remembered Sunday as a free spirit, a fighter, a good friend and family member, and perhaps most often, as someone who could light up a room and always make people laugh. About 40 people attended a ceremony at Haskell Indian Nations University to honor Jina Reyes, 35, of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, who was stabbed Friday morning in the 1800 block of Massachusetts Street. ...
Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War arrived Saturday at Pioneer Cemetery on a muggy morning that had yet to hit the sweltering high temperatures of the later day and got to work. In the past, they'd planted hundreds of flags for Union veterans at Oak Hill Cemetery for Memorial Day, and every December they organize a wreath ceremony at Maple Grove Cemetery. On this day, however, their work ...
Haskell Indian Nations University women's basketball coach Adam Strom was among nearly 40 federal employees fired from the university on Valentine's Day, but he knew in his heart that he wasn't done. At his termination meeting with Haskell Athletic Director Zach Wilkerson, Strom said one of his first questions was if he could still coach the Haskell women — then ranked third in the Continental Athletic ...
Honking horns, cheers and yells of “Merry Strike-mas!” broke through the cold Tuesday as local Starbucks workers joined a nationwide strike effort from their store at the corner of 23rd Street and Ousdahl Road. “They actually didn’t even open, because we told our manager night-of that we were going on strike,” said Sage Joy, who believes her store is the only one in the district affiliated with ...