A 4.5-acre plot in Baldwin City has been producing solar power for five years now, and the Baldwin City Council has started discussing plans for another — and potentially bigger — solar farm in the community. The city had partnered with Evergy to construct its first solar photovoltaic ...
Lawrence Arts Center leaders say they're facing an "unprecedented financial challenge” from such factors as inflation and lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, and a fundraising email the center sent to its supporters this week claims that its very future “is at risk.” The letter ...
At its 38th annual Festival of Trees Gala fundraiser earlier this month, the O’Connell Children’s Shelter raised a record-breaking $250,000 to support children and families in need. The gala has been around since 1986 and involves Douglas County businesses, clubs, children’s groups, ...
Friday, Dec. 20 Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. “Holiday Reflections” walk-through village, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Grand Plaza, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo.; see ...
With photos and paint, two Lawrence High School students have been telling very personal stories about isolation, identity and women's rights — and now they're in a selective national program that will help them take their art even higher. Junior Lola Brown and senior Adele Erickson both ...
Just Food brought cookies to the Lawrence Public Library on Wednesday, and athletes from the University of Kansas men’s and women’s basketball, track and football teams were at the library to help decorate them.