A group looking to get historical preservation status for the Municipal Stadium in East Lawrence’s Hobbs Park will host a community listening session as it approaches the next steps for the project.
The group, called The Municipal Stadium in Hobbs Park Legacy Project, has been aiming since last year to get the status in order to unlock funds to improve the stadium and the park.
Andrew Stockmann, the curator ...
A group of middle school students will host an art-based “pop-up shop” this weekend to raise funds to prevent deforestation and drive reforestation efforts.
The pop-up shop, which is hosted by three students from Limestone Community School — a private, Lawrence-based alternative elementary school — will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at Phoenix Gallery, 825 Massachusetts St.
The event ...
Since moving to Lawrence around three years ago, Shylo Evans said he was missing a pastime from his home state of South Dakota — darts.
Evans said the sport is huge in the state, with “hundreds and hundreds” of players participating in leagues during the frigid winters there. To get his fix, Evans explored options in Topeka and Kansas City before working to start something in Lawrence. In 2025, he ...
As construction is underway on a pair of housing developments in Eudora, its city manager is optimistic more housing development is on the way for the community just east of Lawrence.
In April, community leaders and development partners celebrated an official groundbreaking for the 10 Union Lofts project, a 96-unit multifamily development that will have 30 one-bedroom, 60 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom ...
When he and his wife bought their house 30 years ago, Nick Schmeidler said there was a “craftsman vibe” to the house. His “full-time hobby” of creating folk art sculptures made of salvaged parts certainly adds to that vibe.
Although the sculptures in his front yard are always on display — Schmeidler said that he and his wife sometimes gets knocks on their door asking to “check out” the work — ...
Dozens of law enforcement, Douglas County officials and mental health care providers celebrated Thursday a simple and tangible intervention that aims to prevent suicides in area parks.
That simple intervention was the unveiling of a sign at Wells Overlook Park, 1373 North 1000 Road, that featured information about how to contact the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, which provides quick and easy access to ...
