At sunrise Tuesday the City of Lawrence began transforming Sandra J. Shaw Park, which has been a homeless camp for years now, back to its intended use as a recreational area.
After months of notice that the area had to be vacated, only a handful of campers remained Tuesday, but vast piles of debris from about 15 campsites littered the landscape, necessitating a fleet of bulldozers, backhoes and dumptrucks to ...
A California songwriter has created a music video about one of Lawrence's "Distinguished Citizens": Leo Beuerman, a man who sold pencils from a cart in downtown Lawrence decades ago.
Though Beuerman, who suffered from the rare genetic condition osteogenesis imperfecta, was only a little over 3 feet tall and couldn’t walk, he drove a specially designed tractor from his family’s farm to downtown. The tractor ...
A panel discussion titled "Bringing Civility Back to Civic Discourse" is scheduled for next month at the Lawrence Public Library and will feature four public officials who've been aggressively targeted by public commenters.
The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 6. It will include Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart, Lawrence City Commissioner Amber Sellers, ...
Updated at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 2025
The dogs were noncommittal about the art Saturday, but the aromas from the food trucks and the attention from the humans won their critical acclaim.
Multiple blocks of Massachusetts Street were closed to traffic for Art in the Park during the day and the Brass on Mass Block Party in the evening, giving residents and their pets lots of room to roam.
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A registered sex offender was found guilty Friday of another sex crime against a child and will face at least 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in November.
The offender, Calvin Lee Payne, 36, pleaded no contest Friday to one count of criminal sodomy against a child who was 13 at the time of the offense in June 2022.
The plea was part of a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office under ...
Painter Karen Heuton, of Clive, Iowa, has never sold her work at Art in the Park before, but she said Friday evening that she's eager to give it a go this weekend.
Heuton, who paints cityscapes and desertscapes and lots of scapes in between, was among dozens of artists setting up tents in Lawrence's South Park as temperatures hit the mid-90s Friday. Saturday and Sunday are expected to be only marginally cooler, ...
