It won't be clearing any yellow brick roads, but one Lawrence snowplow now has a great and plow-erful new name: "The Blizzard of Oz." The City of Lawrence this week announced the punny moniker as the winner of the 2025 snowplow naming contest. In a post on Facebook, it said more than 300 name ...
Friday, Nov. 7 Resume Workshop, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance, 1-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Holiday Open Barn, 2-6 p.m., Historic Taylor Barn, 1827 East 1150 Road. 30-plus local artists, holiday ...
In this week's election, the volunteer-run Perry-Lecompton Community Library took a big step toward being able to access more resources — but the leader of its board says there's still a lot of work left to do. Voters overwhelmingly said yes on Tuesday to a referendum to create a new library ...
The Watkins Museum of History will open a new exhibition this week that explores the origins and continuing influence of the Douglas County Community Foundation as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. The exhibition will be on display from Saturday until Dec. 31. It will feature Tensie ...
A string of 911 calls about suspected gunfire across Lawrence on Wednesday night turned out to be a backfiring truck, police said. The calls came from southeast to the northwest of Lawrence and started just before 9 p.m. They didn’t stop until 10:30 p.m. Officers and detectives went in ...
Douglas County commissioners delayed action on a challenge grant program designed to expand technical training and pre-apprenticeship opportunities for students at the Dwayne Peaslee Technical Center. The initiative is called the “Youth Apprenticeship Challenge Grant,” and county staff ...