Even if your family watches the Bing Crosby classic “White Christmas” every year, the stage version, opening Friday at Theatre Lawrence, might still have something new for you to unwrap. One of its gifts to director Joshua Shockey was a classic song he’d never heard before – one from ...
The City of Lawrence will close one block of Ninth Street starting Monday to begin work on a stormwater project. The work will close Ninth Street between Indiana Street and Louisiana Street, and the city said the closure is expected to last into spring 2026. The closure is a part of the ...
The City of Lawrence has hired a Johnson County chamber of commerce executive, Susie Carson, to serve as its next director of economic development. Carson's hiring was announced in a city news release on Tuesday. She has more than 15 years of economic development and chamber of commerce ...
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is asking for input from ranchers and landowners regarding how to keep grasslands in healthy condition. According to a press release from the KDA, the department has been collaborating with the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, with support ...
As a part of its annual fundraiser, Lawrence Habitat for Humanity is offering tours of six homes that are decorated for the holidays. The Holiday Homes Tour will be from noon to 5 p.m. on Dec. 7. Participants will meet at the organization’s ReStore, 2108 W. 27th St., Ste C. All proceeds ...
The Lawrence district’s enrollment this school year is 2% lower than the last school year — and comparable to the number of students more than two decades ago — but the superintendent says no school closures or reconfigurations will be needed right now. That's what school board members ...