The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting an open house with information about upcoming skateboarding classes this fall from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at Centennial Park, 700 Rockledge Road.
The open house will introduce the new program and serve as an opportunity for potential skateboarders to meet with Parks and Rec instructor Josh Rukes. This will be the first time the department has put ...
Baldwin City resident Eric Jackson recently inherited a barn that has been in his family since the late 1800s, and, thanks to a Douglas County organization, he was able to hire someone to determine whether the bequest was worth saving.
“It was a good way to determine whether or not to keep the barn,” Jackson said of the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council’s barn assessment grant program. “I was ...
The Lawrence school district's adult education graduates and their families celebrated during a ceremony on Thursday at the Lawrence College and Career Center.
The graduating class included a total of 48 graduates who either completed their high school diploma or got their GED. Speakers at the ceremony included Adult Education Principal Bill DeWitt, Superintendent Anthony Lewis and School Board President Erica ...
Community members gathered at the Eudora Parks and Recreation building on Thursday to hold a vigil for Brooklyn Brouhard, 10, of Eudora. Brooklyn died of injuries she suffered in a hit-and-run on Saturday afternoon, when the motorcycle she and her grandfather, Barry Larson, were riding was struck by a van. The driver of the van has not yet been located.
