Each year, puppers, doggos, little fluffs and other good boys and good girls are invited to the Pooch Plunge, where they can take a swim at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center before the pool is drained for the season. Photos by Mike Yoder
A leafy treehouse, complete with a tire swing, is the latest playhouse designed and built by local students to help raise money for Douglas County Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA. The playhouse, which is currently parked roadside at The Merc Co-op, 910 Iowa St., was created by high ...
Marriages Jacob Lee Holle, 28, Lawrence, and Courtney Alexandra Chacon, 27, Lawrence. Jacob Joseph Herrmann, 30, Lawrence, and Hailey Christine Freese, 25, Lawrence. Jeffery Leland Kueser, 55, Tecumseh, and Michelle Lee Kueser, 56, Lawrence. Junaid Hassan Mehmand, 22, Lawrence, and Anne ...
For years, nobody seemed interested in the house at 646 Rhode Island St., except the pigeons who roosted inside. The house — with its wraparound front porch, just a block from downtown — sat empty and on the market for years. Pipes had burst in a second-floor bathroom and soaked the ...
A recent opening of a new business coupled with the imminent opening of another has filled all the storefronts available in downtown Baldwin City. Sandy Chapman and Lora Rimmer opened the doors to their Om Grown Yoga Collective at 707 Eighth St. in June, and Niki Manbeck plans to open The ...
Workplace wellness guru Laura Putnam will offer tips for becoming one’s best during an upcoming symposium. Putnam, the scheduled keynote speaker, will address attendees of the WorkWell Douglas County 9th Annual Symposium, which will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Lied ...
Lawrence and Douglas County residents can enjoy a brief respite from summer rains before the next round of thunderstorms start on Wednesday. It won’t, however, be a comfortable respite, as a combination of heat and humidity will push heat indexes to above 100 degrees Monday and near 110 on ...
Although health indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality have improved for most Americans, some groups experience a disproportionate burden of preventable disease, death and disability. This nationwide issue is visible in our own community: the Lawrence-Douglas County Health ...
Thunderstorms brought nearly 2 inches of rain to Lawrence on Friday night and Saturday morning, along with strong winds that forced the Clinton Lake Marina to close for the weekend. Matt Wolters, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said 1.92 inches of rain fell ...
Phillip Rodriguez arrived at the Lawrence Humane Society at 4:30 a.m. Saturday determined to get a dog. By the time the Humane Society opened its doors for the Clear the Shelters adoption event at 10 a.m., he was at the front of a long line. But his patience paid off when he found and adopted ...
A Lawrence resident has been selected to serve on the board of directors for a statewide organization. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly recently appointed Brad Allen to the board of directors for Humanities Kansas, according to a news release from the governor’s office. Allen is currently the ...
The first sunflower blossom peeked open Thursday at the Hunsinger farm south of Lawrence. “They are on track to be in full bloom for Labor Day,” said George Hunsinger, who grows six acres of the big flowers not only for the birds but for people in search of a good photo opportunity. “The ...
Locals dogs will soon get their chance to take a swim in the public pool. The annual Pooch Plunge is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Kentucky St., according to a city news release. The event allows dogs to play in the pool before it is drained for the ...
Rainfall amounts overnight Thursday varied from .27 inches at the Lawrence Municipal Airport to upward of .75 inches around town, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. However, storms are expected to return Friday evening, overnight and through the weekend, according to Kevin ...
History buffs can enjoy tours, reenactments, 19th-century music and more during this weekend's Civil War on the Western Frontier events, organized by the Watkins Museum of History. As in previous years, the museum will be offering walking tours and bus tours that highlight historic sites — ...
The way Woodstock was pitched by organizers was very different from what two Lawrence residents experienced when they went in search of “peace and music” 50 years ago. Steve Lopes and Frank “Lingo” Kelly were among the masses who flocked to an alfalfa field in Bethel, N.Y., for the ...
No oversized thermometer will be measuring the rise in donations during the United Way of Douglas County's campaign this year, said Jeffrey Cornish, the agency's president and CEO. “We are not setting a number goal because we want to focus on communicating the purpose of the United Way,” ...
Organizers of a literary festival set for next spring are lining up authors for the four-day event in Lawrence. “The Paper Plains Literary Festival,” scheduled for April 23-26, 2020, will be a collaboration of the University of Kansas Hall Center, The Commons, the Raven Book Store and the ...
Marriages Lydia Rose Shontz, 30, Lawrence, and Jeremy Thomas Hochstedler, 29, Lawrence. Benjamin P. Price, 31, Topeka, and Jessica Eileen Lang, 26, Topeka. Gage Dayton Benne, 21, Lawrence, and Rachel Elizabeth Beach, 22, Lawrence. Jay F. Fishburn, 30, Lawrence, and Tiffany Brink, 32, ...
Even if it’s just an hour a day, Lawrence author Sarah Henning always finds time to write. Henning recently released "Sea Witch Rising," her second novel in just more than a year, all while holding down a full-time marketing job, running ultramarathons and raising two kids. To keep up, ...