While speakers reflected on the resilience required of Haskell Indian Nations University students as they endured a tough semester, the main focus of Friday morning’s graduation was celebration and a reminder of the university's fortitude and durability. In an overflowing Coffin Sports ...
Student journalists from Lawrence and Free State High Schools earned more than 20 honors in the Kansas Scholastic Press Association State Contests this year, and both schools' journalism advisers won special recognition too. According to a news release from KSPA, around 80 Kansas schools ...
Updated at 2:36 p.m. Thursday, May 8 VATICAN CITY — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church on ...
Friday, May 9 Lawrence Sports Card Show, 4-8 p.m., DoubleTree, 200 McDonald Drive. Continues through the weekend. Email nrsportsmem@gmail.com for more information. Free State Story Slam: “Grand Slam,” live music and social time 7 p.m., slam 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New ...
Another 200 jobs and nearly $1 billion in investment is coming to De Soto — about 15 miles east of Lawrence — Kansas officials announced Thursday morning. Merck Animal Health announced it will undertake an $895 million expansion at its existing manufacturing facility in De Soto. The ...
The postponement of a $55 million bond sale for Douglas County’s major public safety construction projects will not affect those projects' timelines, the county administrator said on Wednesday. At this week's Douglas County Commission meeting, county staff briefed commissioners on the ...