A former police officer who responded to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will be in Lawrence to discuss issues of democracy and political extremism and share his story from that day’s events.
Michael Fanone, a former Metro Washington D.C. police officer who was assaulted during the riot at the U.S. Capitol five years ago will speak at an event on Sunday, March 1, at Maceli’s, 1031 New ...
For its organizers, the annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Friday night won't just be a fundraiser for Friends of the Kaw, but also a chance for environmentally minded people to gather.
This is the 17th year that Friends of the Kaw, a grassroots group that works to preserve and protect the Kansas River, has been participating in the Wild and Scenic Film Festival. The festival itself is a nationwide ...
If it wasn’t for his new neighbors back when he was a kid, Darrell Brogdon might have never graced the airwaves across Kansas.
While growing up in Kerrville, Texas, — a small town northwest of San Antonio — the general manager of the local radio station KERV-AM moved next door. One of his buddies got a job at the station, and Brogdon felt he could also get one. When he was 17, he snagged a gig as a ...
Hundreds of Lawrence community members lined Massachusetts Street on Friday afternoon for an “ICE Out” protest led by Haskell Indian Nations University students. Many Haskell students said they showed up to protest after hearing fellow students had an encounter with immigration agents.
As the Journal-World reported, Sanctuary Alliance of Lawrence reported that ICE had detained several individuals in ...
Now that the Algerian National Team has selected Lawrence as its "home away from home" for the 2026 FIFA World Cup this June and July, here are a few facts to know about the team and the country we'll be hosting.
Get to know the team
The Algerian National Team is sometimes known as “The Greens,” after the color of their uniforms, or “The Fennec Foxes,” the country’s national animal. They first ...
It would be understandable if you stopped thinking as much about Pluto after it was “demoted” from being considered one of the nine planets sharing the Earth’s solar system to being classified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Or you could be one of those people who is adamant there are still nine planets.
Either way, the connection between Pluto and Lawrence — though it is billions of miles away — is pretty ...
