Five poets chosen from an annual poetry contest will see their work displayed on the city’s electric buses for the next year. According to a press release from Lawrence Transit, the five winners of the Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate program will have their work displayed on a bus along ...
Douglas County Emergency Management is inviting the public to two free upcoming workshops about heat readiness and extreme weather training next month. The extreme heat readiness workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, March 9, in Flory Meeting Hall at the Douglas County ...
A projected 650,000 people will visit the Kansas City region for the World Cup this year, and with that comes the risk of disease spreading and health care demands. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is helping physicians and public health officials prepare. KDHE recently launched ...
With its biggest fundraiser this year, the Lawrence Public Library is hoping to raise both excitement for the World Cup and money for one of its own long-term goals: a permanent performance space on the library lawn next door. The library announced earlier this month that its After Hours at ...
A more than $4 million housing project to serve women who are recovering from drug and alcohol addiction recently hit 95% of its fundraising goal, and it is now expected to begin housing women and their children in July. The "Improving Lives … Close to Home" campaign to support the housing ...
With the FIFA World Cup approaching, members of the hospitality industry will participate in a training later this week focused on recognizing the signs of human trafficking and the available resources to help keep the community safe. The training will be held on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 ...