When Lauren Mayberry hits the stage in Lawrence on Sunday, it will be a familiar feeling, but still a change from the last time she was here.
When Mayberry performed here in 2013, she was touring with the band CHVRCHES — an acclaimed electro-pop band with over 2.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify. That was the same year the band’s first album, "The Bones of What You Believe," was released.
After over ...
Numerous emergency vehicles are on scene at a structure fire north of Lawrence.
Crews were dispatched shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday to the 1900 block of East 1300 Road, where smoke was seen emanating from an outbuilding.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical told the Journal-World that fire had spread from a brush pile to grass, which caught a pole barn on fire. LDCFM said the fire is under control.
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Residents are asking for more shade options and water benches as part of the renovation to the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, according to the results of a recent survey and other public feedback efforts.
The City of Lawrence hosted two feedback sessions last week at the Indoor Aquatic Center, located at 4706 Overland Drive, as well as a public survey. In them, it asked what kind of play amenities could be ...
After an order from the Trump administration that might have frozen trillions of dollars in federal funds — and a judge's decision to temporarily block it — some social service organizations in northeast Kansas are watching closely to see whether their future programming might be affected.
The funding freeze was announced on Monday night, and was then blocked on Tuesday evening until Feb. 3 by U.S. District ...
Story updated at 7:55 p.m., Monday, January 27, 2025.
A longtime VFW post in Lawrence will soon be closing, with the local operations manager citing low participation and a lack of donations after the COVID-19 closures as the cause.
Alford-Clarke Post 852 in Lawrence will be shutting its doors after Feb. 9, the group said on Facebook “with a heavy heart.” The post said "this has not been an easy decision, ...
For many years, Emily Kate’s goal in life was to open up her own bar and serve people in Lawrence.
Kate started working in the service industry at 17 and became a cocktail bartender as soon as she could at 21, starting at the Bourgeois Pig, and loved it from the jump. But her time in the service industry also led to addiction, and that forced her to rethink her relationship with alcohol.
In 2021, Kate got ...
