Several years into her sobriety, Logan Denzer decided to try nonalcoholic beer and mocktails while others around her drank real booze. “A lot of people feel out of place” when everyone else is imbibing, said the 27-year-old from Los Angeles, who considers these beverages “an excellent ...
TOPEKA — State health officials have declared the measles outbreak over in southwest Kansas, where dozens of cases affected mostly unvaccinated children. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday that no new cases have been reported or confirmed in the past 42 days ...
Menopause can usher in a host of disruptive symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats and sleep problems. Hormone therapy promises relief. But many women wonder about taking it. That’s because the treatment, subject of a recent expert panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration, has ...
Chronic pain affects millions of Americans, often leaving them with limited treatment options and long wait times. But relief is closer than you think. The team at LMH Health Pain Specialists, led by Dr. Amanda Colgan and Dr. Patrick Harper, is transforming pain care with a personalized, ...
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, Sept. 5 AUMI Jam, 4:30-6 p.m., Sound + Vision Studio, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. KU Inter-Arts presents musical improvisation with Adaptive Use Musical Instruments. Banff Mountain Film Festival, doors 6 p.m., showings 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. All ...
Ahead of the annual Art in the Park show in September, you can get a sneak peek at some of the participating artists' works at downtown Lawrence's Phoenix Gallery. The gallery at 825 Massachusetts St., will be hosting an Art in the Park Preview Show in its downstairs space, the Phoenix ...
Friday, Aug. 29 De Soto Days Festival, through Saturday, see desotodays.com for full details. Friday Ecology Seminars: Landscape manager Joe Fearn, “KU Grounds and the Pursuit of True Sustainability,” 12:15 p.m., 3 West Alcove, Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd. Hybrid event; see ...
KU's Spencer Museum of Art may be hundreds of miles away from the nearest ocean, but a new exhibit there is meant to explore all kinds of ways humans relate to the sea. The new exhibit, titled “Soundings: Making Culture at Sea,” will be on display until Dec. 14 at the museum at 1301 ...
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 ...
