Downtown Lawrence will have at least two more chances to celebrate the 2026 FIFA World Cup with watch parties, organizers announced Monday — one for the United States and one for Lawrence’s “adopted team” of Algeria. The Granada will be hosting the free celebrations on Wednesday, July 1, for the United States' match against Bosnia-Herzegovina and on Thursday, July 2, for the Algeria and Switzerland ...
Sharon Liese knows a thing or two about telling stories as an award-winning director and producer from Kansas. One day as she was listening to NPR in her car, she heard a story that really drew her in. Bernie Rhodes, the attorney representing the Marion County Record, was describing an “incredible event” of a police raid on August 11, 2023 of the Marion County Record, where law enforcement seized computers, ...
Ahead of Algeria’s final group stage match on Saturday, hundreds of fans gathered on KU’s campus Friday evening to support the team and celebrate with the community. The rally happened right near Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, with Algerian supporters dancing, singing and lighting flares to show their support for “Les Fennecs” before the huge showdown against Austria in Kansas City on ...
Updated at 8:52 p.m. Friday, June 26 When Algerian forward Amine Gouiri managed to score the winning goal off a corner kick in the 82nd minute Monday night to give “Les Fennecs” a 2-1 victory over Jordan, there were surely large celebrations in Algiers — but there were big celebrations in Lawrence as well. Ruth DeWitt, the director of community relations for Explore Lawrence, was at the watch party in ...
A foundation created for a Kansas biking legend hopes to find ways to give back to Lawrence children by gifting them the freedom and confidence that comes from learning to ride a bike. The Steve Tilford Foundation is currently raising funds for a new “Let’s Ride” program, which would provide second graders in the eight Title I elementary schools in Lawrence with their very own bicycle and helmet. Title I ...
Inspired by the opposition to data center development in a nearby community, a new coalition of Douglas County residents is trying to deter potential projects from locating here, and about 100 people showed up to hear about it on Tuesday night. The group is called Douglas County Data Center Watchdogs, and it hosted a “call to action” against potential data center projects on Tuesday at the Lawrence Public ...