The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the second draft of its revised regulations for wind energy projects later this month, and a number of community meetings will take place before then to help educate the public. The process of revising the rules to ...
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas is inviting people to watch the partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14 from KU’s Lawrence campus. Department telescopes will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for safe viewing just outside Malott Hall’s north side. Malott Hall is ...
Heartland Community Health Center has been selected to receive two grants, totaling $400,000, aimed at preventing, reducing and treating substance abuse and addiction. Heartland announced the grant awards in a news release Monday. The two grants were awarded by the Sunflower Foundation’s ...
The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its Blintz Brunch fundraiser next month. This year's event is billed as an opportunity to enjoy Jewish comfort food, to participate in an interfaith event and to support the Jewish community. People can order ...
An area nonprofit has scheduled a celebration to thank the many people involved in the nearly monthlong, anxiety-ridden effort to capture a greyhound who escaped her handler as she was being dropped off at a Lawrence foster home this past summer. As the Journal-World reported, a small army of ...
Amy Thompson was set to have the best year of her life. She had an interview for her dream job on the horizon, hopes of travel and she was in the best physical shape of her life. So when she found a lump on her breast in March 2023, everything stood still. “Within two days of finding the ...