When Lynne Green founded Van Go 25 years ago with a donated Checker limousine and a $2,000 grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, she couldn’t have imagined the arts-based social service agency would become the fixture it is in Lawrence today. “It’s way beyond my wildest dreams what is ...
Former KU men’s basketball coach Ted Owens remembers it all the time, but it had been a long while since he had seen it: Teammates hugging after winning the regional championship to advance to the 1971 Final Four. “This tells it all,” Owens said on Friday, pointing to a mural of the ...
Even when he was teaching in a 500-seat lecture hall, students seeking to enroll in Dennis Dailey’s human sexuality class might have had to join a wait list. Dailey, who died on Jan. 3, taught human sexuality courses in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas from 1969 to ...
TOPEKA — Kansas' recently reelected Democratic governor and Republican legislators are headed for a clash over how their financially flush state should cut taxes, and abortion opponents are wrestling with what ideas to pursue following last year's decisive statewide vote favoring abortion ...
The city is still developing plans for how the duties of outgoing Homeless Programs Coordinator Jenn Wolsey will be handled, but city officials say the campsite in North Lawrence and other efforts to address homelessness would continue to receive city support. Wolsey announced in a public ...
Proposed changes that would loosen Lawrence's historic preservation rules are getting a mixed reaction, with some residents and local leaders expressing concern about less-stringent restrictions and others saying the changes wouldn’t go far enough. The city is in the process of revising ...