Shortly before noon on Saturday, Charlene Hannon and her daughter Annie Hannon had just a few free minutes before the Baldwin City Maple Leaf Festival parade ended and a throng of people started moving a block west to their booth on the corner of Seventh and High streets. It was the second ...

The Baldwin City community will have the opportunity during the next week to meet the four candidates vying to become the school district's next superintendent. Kelley Bethel-Smith, Baldwin City school district board president, said the board agreed to trim a list of superintendent candidates ...

Although its standard sales have closed for the year, the Lawrence Farmers’ Market will return for a special holiday edition in early December. The 29th annual Holiday Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 8 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 200 McDonald Drive. About 60 vendors ...

A staple of the Lawrence holiday season, the Festival of Nativities will once again be hosted at Centenary United Methodist Church. Each weekend in December — beginning Dec. 1 — the church, at 245 N. Fourth St. in North Lawrence, will be open from noon to 4 p.m. The event will end after ...

A recent Bizarre Bazaar social media post touts that the pictured handmade item, among designs to be for sale at the event, is something “you won’t come across in stores.” That’s a signature of this annual only-in-Lawrence holiday shopping event — and antithesis to Black Friday at ...

Local musicians and touring acts will give you plenty of opportunities to get in the holiday spirit over the next few weeks. Here are some of the highlights for this year’s holiday music scene: Organ Vespers 4 p.m. Nov. 25, First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. Lawrence concert ...