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 ...
When De’Ara Dosela first heard the rumors that many instructors and staff at Haskell Indian Nations University would be fired, she said it felt like something illegal was going on. On Valentine's Day in 2025, nearly 40 probationary employees out of about 160 total employees at Haskell were ...
Before Yezan Salamoun was a University of Kansas PhD student working to advance a daily oral testosterone therapy, he was a pharmacist. Salamoun’s desire to help others took a new direction when he chose to tackle a complex challenge: creating a method to boost testosterone levels without ...
The Douglas County Spelling Bee always comes down to letters, but you couldn’t be blamed for taking note of a certain number when it appeared at Saturday’s event. Maci Perrins entered the lobby of Billy Mills Middle School on Saturday morning to check in for the event that features the ...