Choosing a career path can be challenging. Local high school students who have an interest in health care have a unique opportunity to explore health care through the LMH Health Summer Leadership Academy. Now in its seventh year, the Academy is a collaborative effort between LMH Health and the ...
A little red car trudges through dirt roads and dodges potholes before it zooms down the highway. In the car is Isabel Yara and her daughter. Yara spent most of the early morning getting her daughter ready for a doctor’s appointment. But Yara lives in rural southwest Kansas, and seeing the ...
Have you heard of the WDNC? The “We Do Not Care Club” is the brainchild of social media creator Melani Sanders, and it speaks to women navigating the waters of perimenopause and menopause. She said the club is for women tired of carrying the emotional load, being polite about pain and tired ...
Breast cancer, right? You know, there’s not a day that goes by that I am not grateful that I had cancer. Now I appreciate every day in a way that I never did before. LMH Health Foundation Board President Gail Vick shared these words she heard from a friend during her own cancer journey. I ...
Buying or selling a home is a significant financial and emotional undertaking, and a real estate agent can be an invaluable partner in the process. A skilled professional can help navigate the complexities of the market, negotiate on your behalf and ensure a smooth transaction. Understanding ...
For homebuyers looking to make their new homes more energy-efficient, specialized financing options can help cover the costs of improvements while potentially lowering long-term utility expenses. Energy-efficient mortgages, or EEMs, provide buyers with additional borrowing power to finance ...
Climate change is reshaping the real estate landscape as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe. Rising temperatures, increasing wildfires and intensifying hurricanes are affecting home values and making insurance coverage more costly and, in some cases, difficult to ...
Co-living spaces have emerged as an answer to rising housing costs and more densely populated urban areas. An alternative to traditional renting, this shared-living model is gaining traction among young professionals, digital nomads and even retirees looking for community-oriented housing ...
A local restaurant owner who has helped lead the Lawrence Restaurant Association will serve on the board for a national group that supports independent restaurants. Codi Bates, the owner and operator of Bates Co., whose restaurant brands include The Burger Stand and Bon Bon!, was recently ...
When COVID scrambled the economy in March of 2020, one profession in particular was flipped upside down: Those who made a living feeding others in restaurants now needed help to feed their families and pay their bills after the industry practically shut down overnight. Here in Lawrence, it was ...
It’s the dog days of summer at Jefferson’s — hot dogs, that is. Jefferson’s Restaurants are celebrating the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics with a special promotion today, July 26, offering free hot dogs to any guest who brings in an award — whether it’s a ...
Italian porchetta is a special dish of spit-roasted pork flavored with herbs, fennel and garlic. It's delicious, but much too involved for a weeknight dinner. To give pork chops the same flavor profile with less work, we narrowed the ingredients to those best suited for searing on the ...
Friday, Aug. 8 • Vinland Fair, starting at 10 a.m., 1736 North 700 Road, Baldwin City. Stock bicycle races, field activities, antique tractor pull (4 p.m.), live music (7:30 p.m.). Volunteers serve lunch and dinner, including chicken noodle dinner (Friday night only). See vinlandfair.com for ...
Friday, Aug. 1 Volunteer Open House, noon, Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive. Douglas County Fair, 2110 Harper St. See dgcountyfair.com for details: • Bale throwing contest, 6 p.m., blacktop area • Moore’s Greater Shows Carnival, 6-11 p.m. • Delta Haze, 7-10 p.m., stage ...
Friday, July 25 • Final Friday Art Walk includes: Closing of summertime exhibits: Jeff Eaton, “Hot Dogs for Breakfast,” Gabriel John Poucher, “Permeable and Boundariless,” Vesna Jovanovic, “Topsy-Turvy,” 6-9 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Also: 6:55 p.m. ...
From livestock shows to live music, from carnival rides to crashing cars, it seems like there's something for everyone at the Douglas County Fair, and it will all kick off in earnest in the last week of July. Technically, the fair has already begun — it started with 4-H contests for dogs, ...
Whether you know it for its train or its swimming pool or its basketball court and playground equipment, the park running for two blocks between Kentucky and Tennessee streets has been through a lot. Often referred to as “Train Park” in reference to the No. 1073 locomotive on its grounds, ...
Most of the rural schools in Douglas County are identified by a name as well as a number. An exception to this norm is “No. 6.” Goldie Piper Daniels, in her 1974 history of the educational buildings in our county, notes that the name “Crutchfield” was found attached to No. 6 on an ...
On the east side of Iowa Street, between 19th and 23rd streets, stands the United States Army Reserve Training Center, which bears the name of Samuel J. Churchill. Churchill is one of two Medal of Honor recipients to have been Lawrence residents and to be buried here. Churchill was ...
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
