Lawrence's annual Mardi Gras parade — with its bead-clad participants and brass band — will return to downtown's sidewalks at noon Tuesday. The parade has been a staple in Lawrence since 2007, when a Louisiana family moved to town and started the tradition. Mike West and Katie Euliss ...
LMH Health posted a nearly $16 million operating loss in 2019, but its separate endowment organization received a record $4.2 million in donations last year — money that will support surgical robots, a new cardiac catheterization lab and several other initiatives. The previous donation ...
The public is invited to see the newly renovated Fire Station No. 1 and watch firefighters demonstrate “turning out” for a call this Saturday at an open house. The entire station will be open, allowing visitors to see all aspects of the $7.14 million renovation, including two additional ...
Story updated at 6:40 p.m. Thursday: TOPEKA — After hearing an emotional apology from Lawrence developer Thomas Fritzel, a U.S. District Court judge on Thursday sentenced him to three months in prison and a $55,000 fine for felony convictions related to illegal disposal of asbestos during a ...
Leaders of a project that aims to improve Robinson Park will soon hold the project’s first workshop. The park is home to a boulder that was sacred to the Kanza tribe, but was made into a monument honoring Kansas settlers, as the Journal-World reported. The Between the Rock and a Hard Place ...
Thursday night at Liberty Hall, author Angelou Ezeilo will discuss her book, “Engage, Connect, Protect: Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders,” which seeks to dispel the myth that environmental issues are primarily of interest to wealthy white communities. Her work reveals why ...
The Watkins Museum of History is commemorating the 50th anniversary of 1970 and the era's influence with a yearlong program of events called The Lawrence 1970 Project. The project is a communitywide endeavor that will explore important aspects of the era relating to civil rights, race, war, ...
Lawrence retirees attended a speed dating session at the Lawrence Public Library on Monday, but it was nonprofit organizations they were there to connect with. Ten organizations gave “lightning round” pitches to about 10 attendees, telling them about a variety of volunteer opportunities, ...
The unassuming ranch-style home doesn’t provide a clue to what visitors will find once they walk through the front door. Guests enter into a brightly lit space in Steve Fendt and Marty Olson’s North Lawrence home at 822 Maple St., where at every turn objects and pops of color meet the ...
Marriages Brian Curtis Spohn Runk, 62, Lawrence, and Kristin M. O'Connor Barkus, 49, Lawrence. Isaiah Michael Maldonado, 35, Lawrence, and Melody Rose Erhart, 27, Lawrence. David Camacho, 28, Lawrence, and Taina Rivera Garcia, 23, Lawrence. Divorces Thomas M. Clark, 36, Paxico, and Melissa ...
After a six-year absence, outdoor performances of staged musical entertainment will return to downtown Baldwin City this summer. Baldwin City Councilwoman Julie Constantinescu and Jeannette Blackmar, Lumberyard Arts Center executive director, said the expected completion of the $850,000 ...
A support group for people who experience chronic pain has moved from LMH Health to The Windsor, an assisted living facility at 3220 Peterson Road. Annie Ross, a certified peer specialist in Lawrence who runs the group, said the hospital could no longer house the group's meetings, and that ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department has changed its name to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, officials say. "By adopting the public health name, we are communicating to the public that the work of ‘Advancing Health for All’ cannot be confined into four walls of a ...
Nikita Haynie was 12 the first time she was made to feel shame and embarrassment about her atypically large breasts. A teacher said she would need to wear more than a simple T-shirt or she’d have to leave the class. Boys were being distracted. It wasn’t just about teachers or boys, ...
The stereotypical image of a large-breasted woman as happy, vibrant, active and fun-loving often couldn’t be further from reality. Most naturally large-breasted women know too well the activity-limiting neck, back and shoulder pain that comes from being overly well-endowed; the frustration ...
At the age of 49, Jeff Matsui asked himself what he was passionate about. It’s a standard question to contemplate when making a career or life change, he said, and Matsui was in the middle of both. He had just returned to the United States after living in Japan for 26 years, where he met his ...
An agreement between a fiber optic company and the city of Eudora will provide the city $4,000 a year and could offer the community future options for internet, phone and cable TV service. On Monday, the Eudora City Commission approved a franchise agreement with Kansas Fiber Network that will ...
Tenants to Homeowners on Friday unveiled two small homes, which the Lawrence nonprofit says will remain permanently affordable. The homes, on 15th Street near Prairie Avenue, are both two-bedroom, two-level homes that are about 885 square feet, according to the general contractor. Tenants to ...
Story updated 3:23 p.m. Friday: For three days this week, Baldwin City residents Donna and Alan Gardner were half a million dollars richer without knowing it. The Gardners won $528,417 from the Kansas Lottery on Wednesday after purchasing a Super Kansas Cash ticket for the Saturday, Feb. 8, ...
This Valentine's Day, listeners can take in four decades worth of lovey-dovey tunes during "An Evening of Love Songs" at S&S Artisan Pub & Coffeehouse. The Mary Conn Jazz Trio — Mary Conn (vocals), Tim O’Brien (upright bass) and Steven Bergdall (keyboard) — will perform songs ...