Regular people may have entered South Park on Thursday afternoon, but they left as a horde of zombies for the 19th annual Zombie Walk fundraiser for the Lawrence Humane Society. They shuffled and lurched down the street at dusk after a blood bath, makeup help and costume contest.
A review of the Douglas County Housing Stabilization Collaborative found that its new prioritization system is directing emergency rental and utility assistance toward households facing greater housing instability. The six-month review of the HSC – which was shared with the Douglas County ...
Friday, October 16 Dolly Parton Tribute Concert, 7-9 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. A benefit for Imagination Library. See liberty-hall.com for ticket details. Saturday, October 17 Lawrence Farmers Market, 7:30-11:30 a.m., 824 New Hampshire St. 65+ vendors of locally ...
Douglas County commissioners are looking for ways to better evaluate the results of county-funded programs and improve reporting from community partners without creating unnecessary administrative work. During a work session on Wednesday, county staff presented many proposed changes to funding ...
The high school sports season is still young but Baldwin High already is in the middle of a high-stakes competition: The school is competing for $1 million of free money. The school’s athletic director, Dayton Valentine, entered the school into T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights ...
When the visitors from Hiratsuka, Japan, stopped by the Lawrence Public Library on Tuesday, there was someone special whom Karen Allen wanted to meet. Allen, who works in administration at the library, asked which one of them was Daisuke’s mom. It was Mieko Sasaki, who came up to her and, ...