Crowds were trickling into the 1000 block of downtown Lawrence Friday evening ahead of the 8 p.m. kickoff for the U.S. national team's opening game in the World Cup. Score Lawrence, a multiagency group promoting Lawrence as a destination for soccer fans, hosted the party that closed one block ...
The Lawrence Police Department is seeking additional information in a child sex crime case involving an Indiana man who was once a high school teacher in Lawrence. John Matthew Lotz, 62, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was booked into the Douglas County Jail on June 2, as the Journal-World ...
Panasonic has announced plans to repurpose production lines inside its U.S. plants, including De Soto, in order to produce energy storage systems for data centers. Currently, the De Soto facility makes batteries for electric vehicles. A Panasonic spokesperson told the Journal-World that the ...
As the United States soon celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Watkins Museum will open a special exhibit detailing how Douglas County celebrated the country’s Bicentennial 50 years ago. The Watkins Museum announced in a press release Thursday a special exhibit called “America’s ...
Amid the throngs of soccer jerseys at this summer's FIFA World Cup festivities, you might notice a few in pink, navy or green with iconic Lawrence names on the back — Langston Hughes, Lynette Woodard, James Naismith and more. They're from the "Lawrence United F.C." project by local designers ...
An EF0 tornado touched down in North Lawrence early Tuesday morning, according to damage assessment data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The tornado was estimated to be on the ground for just two minutes from 12:24 a.m. to 12:26 a.m., according to the NOAA. The ...