The winners of this year’s Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards wrote about the decline of bees and experiencing racism while growing up in Australia. Kate Lorenz, the events coordinator for the Lied Center, won the fiction writing contest for her short story "Beekeeping," and Tracey ...
Arthritis pain affects millions of Americans every year. Many types of arthritis can alter our quality of life, with osteoarthritis being the most common form in the United States. You may have heard of rheumatoid arthritis as well. However, there is one type of arthritis that isn’t talked ...
The recently named executive director for the Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce will have a small commute when she starts her duties next month, but that is nothing for a woman who now travels half a continent to her job. Mandy Latzen currently splits time between Sacramento, Calif., where she ...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out in anger Saturday at an NPR reporter who accused him of shouting expletives at her after she asked him in an interview about Ukraine. In a direct and personal attack, America’s chief diplomat said the journalist had “lied” to him ...
A Douglas County farmer recently earned recognition as one of the top young farmers in the country. Scott Thellman, owner of Juniper Hill Farms, finished in the top 10 for the American Farm Bureau’s annual Achievement Award, Cole Staudt, a spokesman for the American Farm Bureau, told the ...
A locally made film about immigration has won an award at the 2020 Borrego Springs Film Festival in Southern California. The film, “Strangers in Town,” co-directed by Lawrence resident Stephen Lerner and Reuben Aaronson of Los Angeles, won the People’s Choice Documentary award. Lerner ...
A NOTE FROM EDITOR CHAD LAWHORN: Lawrence seems to love restaurants. They’ve become a part of our identity, in some ways, and certainly a major part of our entertainment scene. With that in mind, we wanted to do something that gave readers a bit more of an extended look at Lawrence restaurant ...
Evergy, Kansas’ largest electric utility, has hired a financial adviser to study the company’s future after a major investment group heavily criticized the utility and said it should be sold or reorganized. Elliott Management Corporation, a New York-based investment group that owns about ...
The Lawrence area will see several chances for snow and rain before the weekend. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a winter weather advisory until noon Wednesday for Douglas County and other portions of northeast Kansas. The weather service predicts total snow accumulations ...
Lawrence’s annual weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. will include a lecture on Emmett Till, a second line band march at KU and music from the St. Luke AME Baptist church at New York Elementary’s MLK Chili Feed. Here’s a schedule of some of the events for this week: Monday, ...
Long before the images of families separated at the border outraged many Americans, Lawrence resident Stephen Lerner was quietly outraged by the increasingly ugly tone of the immigration debate. “I started feeling very uncomfortable with watching that happen, both in the political process ...
As the city of Eudora starts updating its comprehensive plan, it's asking residents how they want their community to grow over the next 20 years. An 18-question survey on the comprehensive plan is now available on the city's website. Mayor Tim Reazin said it's important for residents to fill ...
The Lawrence chamber of commerce has named two former Douglas County public servants as winners of the organization’s most prestigious awards. The chamber recently announced Craig Weinaug, former Douglas County administrator, as the winner of the 2020 Citizen of the Years award, and Jean ...
Have a closing, cancellation or postponement to report? Please email it to closings@ljworld.com. The following will be closed Friday, Jan. 17. Last updated: 11:26 p.m. Thursday • University of Kansas - Lawrence, Edwards and Leavenworth campuses. • Lawrence public school district USD ...
Last updated at 1:05 p.m. Friday Three actors. Thirty-seven plays. Ninety-seven minutes. “The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged),” a comedic romp through the Bard’s plays (and sonnets!), opens Friday at Theatre Lawrence. Director Doug Weaver described the plot as three friends ...
Snow and ice may create hazardous conditions for Lawrence residents' Friday morning commute. The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a winter weather advisory for Douglas County and other eastern portions of the state from midnight until noon Friday. The weather service warns that ...
It may involve trading some pennies for dollars, but LMH Health leaders are confident Medicaid expansion in Kansas will add several million dollars to the hospital’s finances — if state lawmakers ultimately approve the expansion plan. As part of the proposal crafted by Democratic Gov. ...
A loss of a city grant had some people concerned that Lawrence’s annual Busker Festival would suffer, but the festival’s organizer has announced that the event will actually expand by a day this May. “I came downtown last year on Monday after the festival and found crowds of people, ...