About a week out from election day, Douglas County’s top election official says voter turnout so far is near identical to the last city-school election in 2021 — but that could be seen as a surprise, given some of the key issues surrounding Lawrence’s local races.
Voters in Lawrence will decide on the newest members of the Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board in next week’s general ...
Moms of all stripes can likely find plenty to relate to in “MotherFreakingHood,” a musical comedy showing soon in Lawrence for the first time since 2013.
Written by Julie Dunlap and Sara Stotts, both University of Kansas grads, “MotherFreakingHood” debuted at the Lawrence Arts Center a decade ago and is set to return to the stage at 940 New Hampshire St. Nov. 3 through Nov. 12. The show follows three ...
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is one of more than 500 certified community behavioral health clinics nationwide, but only the first nonprofit in the country to earn the full designation. That’s an achievement worth celebrating, according to former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.
Sebelius and Laura Howard, the secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, were on hand Friday ...
Updated at 1:23 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27
In anticipation of dropping temperatures over the weekend, the City of Lawrence says it’s working to ensure that people in need of shelter have a way to get there — or at least a way to stay warm.
City spokesperson Maureen Brady told the Journal-World Friday that the city’s homeless outreach team is coordinating with Lawrence Transit to ensure that people staying at ...
The City of Lawrence says it isn’t operating a winter emergency shelter in downtown Lawrence this year — instead, that service will be provided at the Lawrence Community Shelter on the eastern edge of the city.
For the past two years, the city has operated a winter emergency shelter in the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., generally from the beginning of December to early March. But city spokesperson ...
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is partnering with a local professional gaming organization to launch an esports lounge, along with an academy team that will compete in tournaments playing a popular video game.
Members of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence academy team will compete in Rocket League tournaments under the mentorship of a coach with the Kansas City Pioneers — a gaming, media and ...
