As Lawrence and Douglas County faces potentially several inches of snow and bitterly cold temperatures due to a winter storm this weekend, city officials and other organizations are working to ensure residents’ safety with both expanding shelter capacity and road treatment.
The city will be under both Winter Storm Watch and Cold Weather Advisory starting Friday evening as the region could see around seven ...
Lawrence could get hit with around seven inches of snow over the weekend and face periodic wind chills of negative 20 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather impacts are due to a wide-ranging storm that will hit much of the eastern United States on Friday where forecasts anticipate around 150 million people will likely be hit by snow and ice, as the Journal-World reported.
On Wednesday, ...
While negotiations between the union representing University of Kansas faculty and academic staff have made significant progress, union members say there are still key sticking points to be ironed out before an agreement can be finalized.
On Wednesday, about 100 people gathered outside Wescoe Hall as part of a rally led by UAKU, the union that represents approximately 1,500 faculty members — including ...
Lawrence residents will join much of the rest of the country in bracing for a winter storm this weekend, as meteorologists expect a higher chance of snow accumulation along with bitterly cold wind chills.
Forecasts of the storm, which is expected to hit Friday, anticipate about 230 million people facing temperatures of 20 degrees or lower and around 150 million are likely to be hit by snow and ice, according ...
Through its Read Across Lawrence campaign, the Lawrence Public Library has chosen one “community read” that aims to encourage residents to read and come together to discuss key topics from the book.
Since 2005, the library has chosen books ranging from classics like "Dracula" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" to a selection from a local author with "The Center of Everything," according to Polli Kenn, a readers’ ...
At a time when a child needed a hero, Thomas Westerhaus was there to help him.
During the summer of 2022, Westerhaus was alerted by his son, Maddox, that there was a small child floating in a pool at a Lawrence apartment complex all alone, and rushed to get his father to help. Thomas jumped over the fence, pulled the child — a 4-year-old boy — out of the pool and helped save his life, earning a commendation ...
