What makes a story worth telling? To illustrate, Ira Glass does a magic trick. After a couple of attempts with an unwieldy object he grabbed because he did not have a coin, there is the sleight of hand, and the object seems to vanish and then reappear. “If you do it right, the trick works ...

The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider changing the district's high school graduation requirements to meet new statewide standards, which, among other things, emphasize career and college preparation and change how math and science credits are handled. According to the agenda ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.— A federal judge on Friday reinstated Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who had been suspended from the team since he was charged with rape in Kansas. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Lawless found that the university had violated Shannon's civil rights. The ...

At Thursday night's annual Martin Luther King Jr. “One Dream Celebration,” dozens of Lawrence school district staff members and students were honored with the “Keeper of the Dream” awards. The award goes to individuals who embody the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a ...

Several projects to improve Sixth Street, which was last repaved more than a decade ago, are scheduled to begin in early February. The City of Lawrence announced the impending construction work in a news release Friday, noting that the projects will “greatly improve the road and driving ...