Sunny skies and an enthusiastic crowd were on hand Saturday as the annual Veterans Day Parade made its way up Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. All branches of the U.S. military were represented as were multiple generations of veterans and active service members. The parade, held the ...
It wasn't quite a roast, but Judge Blake Glover's colleagues got in a few good cracks - on the record, no less - at his investiture ceremony Friday afternoon. Before the serious part of the swearing-in, Judge Amy Hanley and Judge Stacey Donovan - seeming to channel SNL duo Tina Fey and Amy ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says airplane departures can resume after the agency lifted a nationwide ground stop caused by communications problems. The FAA had grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon, causing hundreds of flights to be diverted. Officials ...
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 KPR Live Day 2026, daytime concerts beginning 9 a.m., evening concert at 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Free admission and open to the public as space allows; schedule at lplks.org or kansaspublicradio.org. Cat Video Fest 2026, 6 p.m. and 8 ...
John Worden will become the new chief executive officer of the University of Kansas Health System’s St. Francis Campus in Topeka beginning next year. Worden — the current CEO of KU’s Great Bend Campus — will succeed Scott Campbell, who announced he would be retiring at the end of this ...
For decades, big box stores have been a big argument in Lawrence. In the mid-1990s, it was Super Target. There was a lot of community angst that Super Target was going to be a super threat to downtown Lawrence. A couple of years later, it was Borders bookstore. There was a lot of angst that ...