For the past two years, Zack Daniel said he had some of the “best on-the-job training” to take the reins of Eudora.
Daniel has served as an assistant city manager for the city the past two years and was named the interim city manager in June after the Eudora City Commission voted to end the previous city manager’s contract, as the Journal-World reported.
The Eudora Commission voted to offer Daniel the ...
As a way to create a larger community of readers, Polli Kenn said the Lawrence Public Library held a “book nerd” party in 2019.
When 300 people turned up to that event at River Rat Skate Shop in North Lawrence, Kenn, a readers’ services supervisor with the Lawrence Public Library, was excited with the results.
“A lot of younger people showed up; folks we don’t normally see (use the library),” Kenn ...
At a combined forum hosted by a local advocacy group Wednesday, Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board candidates discussed issues relating to better collaborations between the governing bodies and how to improve community input.
The Coalition for Collaborative Governance, a group of Lawrence residents that advocates for greater governmental transparency and community engagement, hosted the event at ...
Whether you like it or not, “The AI revolution is here,” Chris Daugherty, of Google Cloud, told a University of Kansas audience Monday.
Daugherty was one of the keynote speakers at the opening event for KU's “Falling into AI” summit, which will feature a week of events that explore artificial intelligence in education, research and professional practice.
The series, which is being led by KU’s ...
As a lifelong Kansan, Alec Loganbill knows how interesting and unique the Midwest can be. But while working in publishing, he noticed that not everyone else sees it that way.
“(People believe) there is not much going on, it’s behind the times, and kind of a meme,” Loganbill said. “It’s flyover country.”
Loganbill said it's disappointing that this huge swath of the country and its stories can be ...
Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center hopes a fundraiser that showcases art and performances will also highlight the resiliency of survivors and create an opportunity for community conversation.
The center will host its "Show Up for Survivors: Courage in Couture" gala Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.
Christina Gentry, an associate director at the center, said that art is at ...
