With lots of rain expected in coming days, Lawrence residents lucked out Saturday morning with near perfect conditions for honoring their loved ones at area cemeteries. Green grass, blue skies and a perfect 70 degrees greeted them as they laid flowers and other decorations — balloons, ...

The Lawrence Busker Festival returned to downtown Lawrence on Friday, and blocks of jugglers, acrobats, musicians and other performers will be entertaining all weekend long. The festival will continue from 1-10 p.m. Saturday and 1-8 p.m. Sunday; see lawrencebuskerfest.com for schedule, map and ...

Story updated at 5:32 p.m. Friday, May 23: Frank Arpan, the president of Haskell Indian Nations University, is resigning, as he announced in an email to the Haskell campus on Friday. Arpan, who was hired as the school's president in May 2023, reportedly told Haskell's Board of Regents ...

At a surprise ceremony on Friday, the Lawrence Schools Foundation recognized Gina Carter for her excellence in teaching — an honor that came with a $10,000 check. On the final day of the school year, students and staff at Woodlawn Elementary School packed the gymnasium for an end-of-year ...

Douglas County has launched a new resource to help people find incentives to make their properties more energy-efficient — but it's warning that some of these incentives might not last long because of federal cuts. A new energy hub website created by Douglas County’s Sustainability team ...