Cindy Maude, a Lawrence-based marketing professional and local arts supporter, has been named the Lawrence Arts Center’s new interim CEO. The Lawrence Arts Center, which announced the upcoming departure of CEO Kimberly Williams about a week ago, shared Maude’s appointment in a news release ...
Topeka ? The Kansas economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2017, according to numbers released this week from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.That contraction happened at a time when the national economy was growing at a pace of 1.2 percent.It also followed ...
At 10, William Wise is still six years away from reaching legal driving age. Youth hasn’t stopped William from logging plenty of miles in the meantime, however, behind the wheel of a riding machine just his size. The fun-loving fifth-grader is among 15 kids competing in Saturday’s Renegade ...
Topeka ? Gov. Sam Brownback began the process of saying goodbye to the state of Kansas Thursday as he prepares for a job in the Trump administration as U.S. ambassador at-large for religious liberty."It's been a great pleasure and an honor of mine to serve the people of the state of Kansas in ...
A Douglas County jury will continue deliberations on Friday in the case of a 20-year-old man accused of using a shotgun to rob three Lawrence men last summer and killing the dog of one of the men.The prosecution and defense presented closing arguments Thursday morning, and jurors began ...
Kansas City, Mo. ? Storms that pummeled the Kansas City area with several inches of rain closed roads and led to water rescues, including two people who began trapped early Thursday by floodwaters that inundated their restaurant.National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Bowman says ...
The dais at City Hall may be a far cry from combat zones in Iraq, but army veteran and Lawrence City Commission candidate Dustin Stumblingbear said it requires the same mental flexibility. “You have to adapt to each situation as it arises,” Stumblingbear said. Stumblingbear, 38, said he ...
The South Lawrence Trafficway and another Kansas road project have been named winners of a regional transportation award.On Wednesday, the K-10 South Lawrence Trafficway East Leg was announced the regional winner in the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards' “Operations Excellence, medium ...
The governing bodies of Baldwin City and Eudora have approved 2018 budgets for publication that will give their taxpayers reprieves. The proposed Eudora 2018 budget would not change the current year's mill levy, while Baldwin City's proposed mill levy increase would be the smallest in four ...
HBO’s upcoming speculative series “Confederate” has drawn a lot of attention recently — with Kevin Willmott, the Lawrence-based filmmaker and University of Kansas professor, drawn into the fray. The high-concept drama from “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss ...
Kansas Public Radio will host an ice cream social Thursday at South Park as a thank-you to listeners. The event, slated for 5 to 8 p.m., will treat guests to complimentary Sylas and Maddy’s ice cream, Alchemy iced coffee and live music at the park, 1198 Massachusetts St. Listeners will also ...
Being decades younger than some of his fellow Lawrence City Commission candidates doesn’t discourage Christian Lyche. Lyche, 19, said that he and others his age have something to add to the conversation. “Both political parties count on the support of the young generation and the ...
A local firm and a Chinese company have reached a deal to open a Lawrence manufacturing plant to build propellers that will power everything from drones to airboats to experimental aircraft. Lawrence-based DARcorporation and China-based Sterna Composite Aircraft Inc. have agreed to a joint ...
Toward the beginning of her career, candidate and incumbent Lawrence City Commissioner Lisa Larsen had two things she wanted to do.The first one, running her own business, she accomplished 25 years ago when she started her environmental consulting firm. The second one, holding public office, ...
World Breastfeeding Week starts next Tuesday, and partners in the Breastfeeding Coalition of Douglas County have planned a celebration on Aug. 5 at the Lawrence Public Library. The event is free and filled with family-friendly activities.The 2017 celebration — the 25th annual worldwide — is ...
Topeka ? Some state of Kansas employees are seeing their first pay raise in several years, thanks to the budget that state lawmakers approved in June. At the same time, however, many others are getting no raise at all, including some who have been on the job longer than those who are getting ...
The city has been awarded a federal grant for the installation of a wildlife fence at the Lawrence Municipal Airport.The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration will provide a $1.6 million grant, according to a news release. A 2012 FAA study ...
Douglas County officials say early voting in primary elections is off to an “extremely slow” start. Nearly two weeks after early voting began for the Lawrence City Commission and Lecompton school board primaries, only about 275 people have cast their ballots, according to Douglas County ...
David Ohle has plenty of favorites from his tenure at the now-defunct City Moon newspaper, though you won’t see those headlines at the Lawrence Public Library’s exhibit on the bizarre broadsheet. “A lot of the good ones were selected out,” Ohle says of his best-loved stories from City ...
When the Lawrence school board meets Monday, it will make the first step in a lengthy search process to find the district’s new superintendent.The board is expected to discuss and ultimately vote whether to approve the use of a search firm in the process, according to the agenda for the ...