After President Donald Trump directed federal funding cuts to more than 1,000 public media outlets nationwide, Kansas Public Radio is sounding the alarm. On Thursday evening, Trump signed an executive order aiming to eliminate federal funding for PBS and NPR, accusing the networks of biased ...
The Lawrence school district is claiming that it is not vicariously liable for the alleged sexual battery of a 6-year-old student in February by a speech pathologist at her elementary school, and is asking the Douglas County District Court to throw out that portion of a lawsuit. The lawsuit ...
The Lawrence school district is now accepting pre-registrations for its weekly summer meal kits program. The school district will be offering a daily lunch location at Woodlawn Elementary School in North Lawrence for kids on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the month of June from 11:30 a.m. to ...
As Theatre Lawrence winds down its current season - its last show will be “Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville” in June - it’s already looking forward to the lineup for the 2025-2026 season, which will include three musicals. The season will begin in September with the Pulitzer ...
Cars honked their horns and hundreds of protesters lined Lawrence's Massachusetts Street singing "This Land is Your Land" on Thursday as a nationwide — and worldwide — day of anti-Trump and pro-labor protests kicked off. More than 400 people gathered downtown to protest a long list of ...
Following the loss of federal funding for an educational program for local teachers, the Douglas County Historical Society has launched a fundraising campaign to help offset the financial shortfall, and museum directors fear how future funding cuts will affect their programs. The Douglas ...