Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when it’s baking outside. Your brain tries to keep your body within a degree or two of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius), and it does so in part by ...
The Trump administration's proposed budget for 2026 that would slash federal funding to Haskell Indian Nations University and other postsecondary tribal institutions by 90% would "devastate" the university to the point it could not function, the Faculty Senate of Haskell is warning. The ...
With Independence Day just around the corner, here’s what to know about various events and how to celebrate safely and legally. Fireworks have been prohibited in Lawrence for 23 years now, with the exception of novelty items like party poppers, sparklers and snappers, but folks who want to ...
A local business has opened a boba tea shop at Lawrence’s Central Station. Boba & Beyond opened this week on a “soft launch” schedule, according to a news release from the city. The menu offers boba tea — a cold, tea-based drink that contains milk, tapioca pearls and a variety of ...
Douglas County staff is proposing a $191.4 million budget for 2026 that holds the property tax rate flat, and the county administrator said Thursday that many partner agencies are making "serious, substantial" requests for extra funding to offset federal cuts. Last year, county commissioners ...
The Senior Resource Center for Douglas County is warning about scammers posing as someone with the center and claiming to be selling burial plots, and it wants to advise residents on how to avoid being scammed. Megan Poindexter, the executive director of the SRC, told the Journal-World the ...