On an April afternoon in Lawrence, Kansas, where abolitionists and pro-slavery forces clashed over a century and a half earlier, Billy Mills Middle School teacher Tom Barker introduced students to a central figure in that bloody era of local history. “John Brown. There’s a lot of stuff ...
Updated at 4:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 A transgender Lawrence woman on Friday filed a lawsuit against the state of Kansas after it invalidated her driver's license under a state law known as SB 244. The woman, Jamie Michelle Miller, born in 1971, underwent irreversible genital reassignment ...
Lawrence school board members approved a bus services contract on Monday with a new provider that will cost the district about $7 million in the upcoming school year. The vote was unanimous – with board members Shannon Kimball and Carole Cadue-Blackwood absent – for the three-year ...
With Earth Day approaching on April 22, Lawrence has many opportunities to get outside, learn about the environment and take part in hands-on conservation efforts. Here’s a look at several Earth Day-themed events happening in and around Lawrence: • Friends of the Kaw will have its 12th ...
The City of Lawrence has hired a University of Kansas alumna as its new director of human resources, it announced on Friday. In a news release, the city said new HR Director Shakeva Christian has more than 30 years of HR experience and most recently served as deputy HR director for the Unified ...
With the eyes of the world turned to the United States during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Lawrence Public Library hopes to turn local eyes onto the world with a series of events that explores the cultures and people who will make up the tournament. The library’s series of events — called ...