Many so-called “book festivals” aren’t really that festive at all, says Maureen Carroll of the Kansas Authors Club. Often, they’re focused on publishers and are more like industry conventions. But the club’s Free State Book Festival this weekend, she said, will really be a festival – with live performances, food, beer and the chance to meet dozens of authors from northeast Kansas. “You can bring ...
“A dragnet of cameras,” “a new level of surveillance,” “Big Brother.” These are all things members of the community said on Wednesday night at a listening session about Lawrence police’s camera registry and aggregation program, and Chief Rich Lockhart is adamant that none of them is true. He spent more than an hour at the Lawrence Public Library, trying to allay people’s concerns about the ...
Parts of two Lawrence neighborhoods are scheduled for sidewalk repairs in 2026 as part of the city's ongoing effort to bring its infrastructure into compliance with ADA accessibility standards. The city's ADA Right of Way Transition Program will be targeting areas in the Sunset Hill and Pinkney neighborhoods, and ADA Compliance Administrator Evan Korynta recently briefed Lawrence's Connected City Advisory Board ...
Maybe it thought it was a Shell station – this armadillo that Eudora police found in the parking lot of the local Kwik Shop last week. An off-duty officer called it in after seeing it there, and police posted photos on social media of them guiding it with a long pole. They got it into a crate, police chief Wes Lovett told the Journal-World, and then took it “to a safer spot in a rural area,” according to ...
Even if they're not made of lead, your old water lines could be a health hazard, and starting this year, many homeowners in Lawrence will be able to get theirs replaced by the city at no cost. Earlier this week, the City of Lawrence released a report on what it's doing to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's Lead and Copper Rule. Lead is a neurotoxin, and the EPA's rule is intended to reduce ...
One thing artist Mona Cliff has learned in 16 years as a stay-at-home mom is that parenting, like art, is chaotic – and that’s OK. “When they were younger, you really think that you would have a plan for the whole day,” said Cliff, whose three kids are all in their teens now. “‘I’m gonna do this, and I’m gonna go do that, and we’re gonna have a plan!’ “And then, you know, one kid throws ...