A grocery store, more bridges across the Kansas River and safety improvements for pedestrians: These were among the things that nearly 160 residents came up with at a public meeting on Monday when asked to “dream big” about the future of North Lawrence.
Monday evening's meeting at the cafeteria of Woodlawn Elementary School, 508 Elm St., was the first public engagement event about the North Lawrence ...
The KU chapter of a national Latino fraternity won an award for its fundraising efforts that go to supporting scholarships for the Latino community — despite receiving less institutional support in its efforts this year.
The Beta Xi Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. was honored on Nov. 6 with an award from the Hispanic Development Fund — a nonprofit based in Kansas City that helps provide ...
Organizers working to create a new park north of Interstate 70 in Lawrence that would add multiple trails along the Kansas River are inviting community input during an open house detailing the project’s progress.
The proposed park, called Cameron’s Bluff Park, would add walking trails and a mountain biking trail on a site owned by the energy company Evergy that hugs the Kansas River north of I-70 close to ...
As demand for food banks has soared, Lawrence-based Just Food has seen its staff numbers nearly cut in half as multiple employees have either quit or been terminated in the last six months.
The Journal-World spoke with three former employees of the food bank who confirmed that at least eight employees have departed the food bank in the last half year, but at least six employees have left since August.
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While Liam Elliott has performed at famous Los Angeles venues like The House of Blues, the first time he took the stage was here at Theatre Lawrence. And now, he’s coming home to celebrate the release of his new single in the city that first got his creativity flowing.
After spending a few years in Los Angeles, Elliott, 23, is happy to be back in his hometown, where he will be holding a release party Friday ...
Tucked away inside a corner of the University of Kansas’s Lippincott Hall is a little-known museum called the Wilcox Classical Museum. How little known is it?
“I run into people on campus who have been working for KU for decades and decades who have never heard about it. It’s not unusual,” said Philip Stinson, an associate professor of classics at KU and the curator and director of the Wilcox Classical ...
