If you come across a praying mantid (or praying mantis) in your garden, its large body, giant eyes and swiveling neck may be startling. Don't be alarmed. Praying mantids are beneficial insects that are on the prowl right now for grasshoppers, beetles and the like in and around the Lawrence ...

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2015/aug/12/295327/Name: Cait BubnaAge: 26Relationship status: I have a boyfriend.Hometown: Colony, Kan.Time in Lawrence: Eight yearsOccupation: Manager at ACMEDream job: Teaching art to middle-schoolersWhat were you doing when scouted? Selling clothes at Arizona ...

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2015/aug/12/295329/Name: Drew PerryAge: 26Relationship status: CommittedHometown: WichitaTime in Lawrence: Seven yearsOccupation: Freelance writerDream job: Own a successful breweryWhat were you doing when scouted? Going to WheatFieldsDescribe your style: ’70s ...

There was a time not long ago when restaurants didn’t collaborate and chefs did not share. Secrets were the intellectual property of the establishment, and helping another eatery meant you loaned out a sleeve of go-cups on a busy weekend. It was as if the joy of sharing and appreciation of ...

http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2015/aug/11/295301/Considering some of the wacky hamburgers we’ve covered in this feature, I thought I’d seen it all. I really did. Well, it turns out I just hadn’t been to KC Smoke Burger, where two of the most universally loved foodstuffs — chocolate and ...

Since the days of Charlie Parker and Count Basie, Kansas City has enjoyed a reputation as a jazz town. But these days one of the most reliable venues to see different jazz bands every night isn’t a nightclub — it’s the restaurant and lounge of a swank hotel on the Country Club Plaza. Chaz ...