When it comes to older women, much of the talk these days is about how they are “unseen” — ignored by a society obsessed with youth. But there’s a particular circumstance when being “unseen” is a distinct advantage — namely, if you are trying to solve murders in the English countryside circa mid-1900s. “Remember that an elderly unmarried woman who knits and gardens is streets ahead of any ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously agreed to grant development incentives for a project to help convert the historic Turnhalle building into an event space and restaurant — incentives that have already been approved by the city and county commissions. Before the board voted 7-0 to grant a 15-year, 70% Neighborhood Revitalization Area tax rebate, Patrick Watkins, the attorney for developer ...
Revelers paraded through sunny downtown Lawrence Tuesday to celebrate Mardi Gras, the traditional last hurrah before the Lenten season begins. Dozens of colorfully dressed people, many playing horns, drums or other instruments, gleefully danced down Massachusetts Street, stopping in at various businesses to play a few New Orleans-style tunes before making their way north again. Tuesday’s unseasonably ...
More than three weeks after the city's deadline for campers near the Kansas River in North Lawrence to move their belongings off the levee slope, campers remain at the site, despite engineers having said that their presence was damaging the levee in violation of federal guidelines. In late December, the city determined that campsites and trash on the slope must be removed to protect the integrity of the levee, ...
While severe weather advisories earlier this month had most of us stocking up on groceries and hunkering down indoors, a North Lawrence artist was eager to be outside doing one of his favorite things: creating an enormous ice sculpture in his front yard. For Craig Cochran, the sculpting is a yearly project, depending on the weather, which has to be just right — and this year it was perfect: a heavy, wet ...
A late winter preliminary hearing date was set on Wednesday for a former University of Kansas basketball player who has been charged with rape. Arterio Demetrius Morris, 20, of Dallas, faces one felony count of rape in connection with an incident on Aug. 28, 2023, involving an 18-year-old woman at the KU basketball players' dormitory, McCarthy Hall, as the Journal-World reported. Morris was originally ...