The Lawrence school district next week will consider increasing the price of full-price school breakfasts and lunches for the 2025-2026 school year. On Monday, school board members will consider raising the meal prices by 10 cents per meal for students and adults paying full price, according ...

Every summer, Burroughs Creek Park sparkles with lightning bugs, and this year the city will be making the most of it with its first ever Firefly Festival. The free festival — from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 14, in Burroughs Creek Park, 900 E. 15th St. — will include art, live music and ...

The Dwayne Peaslee Technical Training Center has launched a long-term campaign to create a $10 million endowment that would offer debt-free scholarships to low-income high school students and other eligible Douglas County residents. It’s called the “Peaslee Promise Campaign,” and the ...

Updated at 4:18 p.m. Thursday, June 5 The dean of business at Haskell Indian Nations University has been recommended to serve as the university's acting president, the Journal-World has learned. According to a source familiar with the situation, Mackie Moore, of the Cherokee Nation of ...

Friday, June 6 Dole Forum: “No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II,” 2-3:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive. Hybrid event; see doleinstitute.org for link. “A Bold B.L.A.C.K. Lawrence Open Mic,” 3-4:30 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art, ...