It’s not every day that you encounter a community fixture that’s been around for 160 years and counting — but then again, not every congregation is quite like Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church.
First established in 1863, the church is celebrating its milestone 160th anniversary this year and has no plans of slowing down any time soon. The church is one of two Black congregations from Lawrence's ...
Revisions to the county’s rules for wind energy projects have spurred hours of comments at public meetings, hundreds of recommendations for changes and a ream of public petitions, and the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission could soon give the public even more chances to weigh in.
The planning commission is set to discuss the first draft of the amended regulations, first introduced near the end of ...
Lawrence's reigning Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year is set to compete for the statewide honor Monday night in Topeka.
In late January, Lawrence High School sophomore Arabella Gipp was named the Lawrence club's Youth of the Year for the second year running, and now she'll again represent the city in a bid to earn the Kansas Youth of the Year title.
If she does, Gipp will make it a two-year streak at the ...
Mary Doveton, the founder and executive director of Theatre Lawrence, is about to begin her next act — retirement.
Within a few months, she'll be stepping away from the community theater she started in 1977 — which has grown from a small group’s passion project to an institution recognized not just locally but throughout the eastern Kansas region and across the country.
Under Doveton's leadership, the ...
Applications are now open for the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council's Natural and Cultural Grant program, which has nearly $300,000 available to distribute this year, the council announced in a press release Wednesday.
The grant program will offer a total of $285,000 in funding, $75,000 of which is earmarked for projects related to Douglas County’s Open Space Plan. The council is seeking ...
A Lawrence environmental conservation nonprofit will introduce the community to its new executive director at the end of the month.
The Kansas Land Trust will host a meet-and-greet for Kaitlin Stanley, formerly Douglas County’s heritage coordinator, on Tuesday, March 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the second floor of Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, 804 Massachusetts St. The organization announced the event in a ...
