Kids will have the chance to play with slime, make their own chalk and experiment with “fizzy” fossilized sea urchins at this weekend’s 22nd annual Carnival of Chemistry at the University of Kansas. Once again hosted by the KU Chemistry Club, this year’s event is slated for 1 to 4 p.m. ...
Consent agenda• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from 11/14/17.• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions:• Approve all claims. The list of claims will be posted by the Finance Department on Monday prior to the meeting. If Monday is a holiday, the claims will be posted ...
Agency: Douglas County Court Appointed Special AdvocatesContact: 785-832-5172 or casaadmin@douglascountyks.orgDouglas County CASA is seeking volunteers to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates for children in foster care. CASA volunteers provide comprehensive advocacy for abused and ...
Federal and state health officials are asking for the public’s help in raising awareness about antibiotic use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over recent years has recognized a threat to antibiotic resistance, according to a news release from the Kansas Department of Health ...
The University of Kansas is asking for community support in helping students dress for success on their way into the workforce. At the Professional Clothing Closet, tucked away in 203 Summerfield Hall, cash-strapped students can peruse an inventory of suits, blazers, pants, skirts, button-down ...
Topeka ? The Kansas unemployment rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 3.6 percent in October, the lowest rate recorded since 2000, although there was little measurable change in the state's overall labor market.The Kansas Department of Labor said preliminary estimates showed that the ...
A new partnership between the University of Kansas Student Senate and Kansas Athletics aims to make games at Allen Fieldhouse more accessible to traditionally underserved students. This season, Kansas Athletics is providing 20 free tickets for every home men’s basketball game that will be ...
Cookies, cute pet photos and more than 40 local vendors will help area residents get the holiday shopping season started on Saturday. The Journal-World is hosting its annual Holiday Shopping Fest from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Crown Automotive, 3430 Iowa St. The event once again will serve ...
The results of the Nov. 7 general election are now official.About 17,400 Douglas County registered voters cast ballots in city government and school board contests in Lawrence, Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton. Lawrence residents also voted to approve three sales tax renewals. Turnout for the ...
They likely won’t play each other in basketball anytime soon, but Lawrence now has two schools of higher education sanctioned by the Kansas Board of Regents. The first, of course, is the University of Kansas, the Regents' largest institution. Its newest, however, is Peaslee Tech, the ...
Lawrence resident Judy Bellome is the recipient of this year’s AARP Kansas Andrus Award for Community Service, the nonprofit organization’s “most prestigious and visible state volunteer award,” according to an announcement Thursday from AARP Kansas. Bellome, a nurse of more than 30 ...
It seems some residents have been visiting Lawrence’s Oak Hill Cemetery not to honor the dead, but to let their dogs run off leash. Parks and Recreation Director Derek Rogers said the department received two complaints this week from residents who had seen people letting their dogs — ...
Wichita ? University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said this week that he is concerned about the rising cost of on-campus housing and meal plans, but he said students are still getting good value for the money.His comments came as the Kansas Board of Regents heard the first reading of ...
The Sierra Club, the Water Advocacy Team and Lawrence Ecology Teams United in Sustainability will host an informational meeting on saltwater injection wells in Douglas County next week.The meeting, scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday in the Flory Building of the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 ...
Officials with a water district downstream from Lawrence are not happy with the notice they received about the city’s release of nitrogen-contaminated water into the Kansas River.The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has authorized the city to release up to 30 million gallons of ...
Southwest Middle School might have one of the smallest Native American populations in the Lawrence district, but on Wednesday, the entire student body participated in an event meant to foster relationships between Southwest kids and the diverse array of tribal cultures found on the Haskell ...
Wichita ? The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday gave the University of Kansas authority to build a $26 million indoor practice facility for a football team that hasn’t had a winning record since 2008.Meeting on the campus of Wichita State University, the board voted unanimously to ...
As the city prepares to regulate short-term rentals, the pivotal question will be whether the owner of the property lives in the home. At its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission directed city staff to draft regulations that would treat nonowner-occupied short-term rentals ...
Bill James, senior baseball operations adviser for the Boston Red Sox, will speak Wednesday evening at the University of Kansas as part of this year’s James Naismith Lecture Series. James’ keynote address, “Transitioning from Naïve to Professional Research,” will take place at 8:30 ...
A Lawrence grandfather-granddaughter team solved an especially tricky puzzle on Monday night’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” walking away with a grand total of $68,000. With only six letters on the board, Donald Johnson and his granddaughter Devyn Quarterman, both of Lawrence, managed to ...