Friday, Dec. 12 Christmas Through the Ages: Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. KU Visual Art Winter Market Student Art Sale, 5-9 p.m., Off-Site Art Space, 924 Delaware St. Lawrence Lights: Making ...
From a provider of good times to a teacher of the good book, the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame has selected its newest inductees. The class includes Kevin O’Malley, president of Lawrence-based O’Malley Beverage — one of the larger beer and liquor wholesalers in the region — and ...
HeadQuarters Kansas will retire its longtime Douglas County crisis line at the end of 2025 as it shifts fully to the nationally supported 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. According to a press release from HeadQuarters Kansas, the transition will consolidate all crisis support services under ...
Douglas County commissioners voted unanimously to purchase a 23-acre parcel of land next to Lone Star Lake Park in an effort to improve access to the park. As the Journal-World reported, the site at 579 North 600 Road was considered at a price not to exceed $425,000. According to a memo in the ...
Since the 1980s, Lawrence residents have been able to celebrate the holidays and support local farmers with the Holiday Farmers Market, and this year’s tradition will be the biggest yet. This year’s edition, which comes Saturday, Dec. 13, includes over 50 vendors, which Emily Lysen, the ...
Sidewalks around a key corridor near downtown Lawrence are getting an upgrade thanks to a federal grant. Crews have been replacing sidewalks along multiple portions of Tennessee Street and implementing ADA-compliant sidewalks and curb ramps thanks to a Community Development Block Grant, a ...