Area residents on Wednesday can participate in a traditional wreath laying ceremony on the University of Kansas campus to honor veterans. University leaders and KU ROTC members will host the ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday in front of Strong Hall on KU's main Lawrence campus. The event ...
Douglas County Emergency Management is inviting the public to attend a winter readiness workshop next month. The workshop will be held at the auditorium in the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Dec. 11. The free event will help people recognize cold ...
Lawrence Presbyterian Manor has been named one of the nation’s best nursing homes by the U.S. News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year. The list was published by the national news publication and rankings organization U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday. To create the ...
LAWRENCE — The love affair that bloomed between the city of Lawrence and the country of Algeria while the college town in Kansas was hosting the Desert Foxes during the World Cup has continued with a delegation from the U.S. visiting the African nation this week. The government of Algerian ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday approved services for replacing a boiler at Billy Mills Middle School. As the Journal-World reported, the replacement was needed after one of the school’s two boilers failed. The lowest bid to replace the boiler was from Kruse Service LLC in the ...
Lawrence resident Beth Reiber knows how lucky she has been to combine her two great passions — writing and traveling — into a long and satisfying career. Recently, though, she had the added satisfaction of her work being honored as the best travel blog by the Society of American Travel ...