If it wasn’t for his new neighbors back when he was a kid, Darrell Brogdon might have never graced the airwaves across Kansas.
While growing up in Kerrville, Texas, — a small town northwest of San Antonio — the general manager of the local radio station KERV-AM moved next door. One of his buddies got a job at the station, and Brogdon felt he could also get one. When he was 17, he snagged a gig as a ...
Hundreds of Lawrence community members lined Massachusetts Street on Friday afternoon for an “ICE Out” protest led by Haskell Indian Nations University students. Many Haskell students said they showed up to protest after hearing fellow students had an encounter with immigration agents.
As the Journal-World reported, Sanctuary Alliance of Lawrence reported that ICE had detained several individuals in ...
Now that the Algerian National Team has selected Lawrence as its "home away from home" for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this June and July, here are a few facts to know about the team and the country we'll be hosting.
Get to know the team
The Algerian National Team is sometimes known as “The Greens,” after the color of their uniforms, or “The Fennec Foxes,” the country’s national animal. They first ...
Lawrence will welcome the Algerian National Team, serving as its official base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Lawrence 26 announced in a press release Thursday that the North African team will use Lawrence as its home base for the World Cup. The Algerian National Team will play in the fifth FIFA World Cup in its history, with its last appearance coming in 2014. The team will train at Rock Chalk Park, ...
It would be understandable if you stopped thinking as much about Pluto after it was “demoted” from being considered one of the nine planets sharing the Earth’s solar system to being classified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Or you could be one of those people who is adamant there are still nine planets.
Either way, the connection between Pluto and Lawrence — though it is billions of miles away — is pretty ...
With its biggest fundraiser this year, the Lawrence Public Library is hoping to raise both excitement for the World Cup and money for one of its own long-term goals: a permanent performance space on the library lawn next door.
The library announced earlier this month that its After Hours at the Library annual fundraiser will take place on March 6. The theme for this year is “We Welcome the World,” and it's ...
