Local organizers are hosting a walk on Saturday morning in Lawrence to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) in its mission to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide.
The Lawrence Area Campus Walk will take place Saturday, April 26, at 11 a.m. at the Lawrence Rotary Arboretum as part of a nationwide effort called Out of the Darkness Campus Walks.
Heather Fiore, a local ...
The Lawrence Regional Airport has been chosen to receive more than $600,000 from the state to improve a runway, and the airport’s manager says it will help ensure the airport is in “tip-top shape” ahead of the World Cup in 2026.
In a press release Thursday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced $14.5 million in grants for 47 Kansas airports through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program. Lawrence will receive ...
Dozens of Haskell Indian Nations University community members joined EPA officials on Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting for a device that will monitor air quality on campus and provide more opportunities for students to do hands-on environmental research.
The ceremony was to celebrate an air monitor for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network, or CASTNET. Though the ribbon-cutting was on Wednesday, the monitor has ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on Monday night approved a rezoning request for a portion of a former call center property that developers say will include some affordable housing.
The commission approved a request to rezone just under three acres at 2000 Bluffs Drive from mixed-use to a residential housing district. The property, part of a nearly six-acre site that includes a 50,000-square-foot ...
It is rare that the jokes and the dreams tossed around between college roommates become reality — especially when those dreams involve an appearance on the big screen.
But if you think it is impossible, University of Kansas students Drew Hanson and Nnamdi Anyanike are proving the joke’s on you.
The duo has turned a few comical observations about Lawrence and college life into a short film series — ...
Lawrence’s Historic Resources Commission deadlocked on Thursday on plans for 15 new row houses in a vacant parking lot in downtown Lawrence, even after the project tweaked its design to match the surrounding area.
The commission voted 2-2 Thursday night on the proposal for a three-story block of row houses in a vacant parking lot at 700 New Hampshire St., which means that it won't be recommending that the ...
