As she spread mulch Saturday around a newly planted fruit tree in the Little Prairie Donation Garden in Peterson Park, Yuliya Platkowski said she was happy to lend her green thumb to a task that will help reduce hunger in Lawrence. “This is a good thing, right?” she asked. “This is the ...

Jason and Tellena Randall, of Eudora, were expecting their third baby when they were blindsided by a stage 4 colorectal cancer diagnosis. “I was six months pregnant when he was diagnosed,” Tellena says. “We were really scared. We thought he was dead; we just thought stage 4 meant he was ...

This year’s highly anticipated football City Showdown came down to the final seconds Friday night at Lawrence High, where the Lions prevailed, 27-19, over their crosstown rivals from Free State. A hot start set the tone for Lawrence’s evening, and the Lions (6-2) tallied 285 yards of total ...

LMH Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas met Friday afternoon but came up with no breakthrough on a plan to keep Lawrence’s lone hospital as part of the state’s largest health insurance network in 2022. Early Friday evening, LMH provided a statement to stakeholders saying that it ...

A drive-thru "Reverse Halloween Parade" that features superheroes will take place Saturday. The City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is co-sponsoring the event with a local cosplayer group, Just Us League, for the second year in a row as a way for families to safely celebrate ...