To address the growing need for additional preschool opportunities, the Lawrence school district will be opening additional capacity at several elementary schools later this month. Previously, the district’s primary early childhood programming was located at Kennedy Early Childhood Center ...

Friday, September 4 Paper Plains Zine Fest (see paperplainszinefest.com for details and registration): • Zines at the Spencer Research Center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Spencer Research Library, 1540 Poplar Lane. • KU Colorbar Open Studio, 1-2:30 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m., Chalmers Hall 203C, 1467 ...

The timeline is being pushed back on construction on Wakarusa Drive because of utility relocation issues that weren't accounted for in the original plans, the Kansas Department of Transportation said Thursday in a news release. As part of the South Lawrence Trafficway reconstruction project, ...

When the Lawrence Public Library installs its new outdoor stage next year, Brad Allen wants it to be a place for creativity – not a place for complications. “The minute you need a sound technician to do storytime, it complicates storytime,” said Allen, the library’s executive director ...

Collision Leaders of Lawrence donated over $1,000 worth of school supplies to Sunflower Elementary School. Several employees from the auto body and repair shop stopped by Sunflower Elementary on Wednesday afternoon to donate boxes of paper as well as backpacks with pencils, notebooks, ...

A famed team of horses – the Budweiser Clydesdales – are returning to Lawrence next week for two occasions. The Budweiser Clydesdales are a famous team of large Clydesdale horses used in promotional appearances and advertising for Budweiser. The horses typically travel as a hitch, or ...