Friday, Sept. 19 68th Annual McLouth Threshing Bee and Fall Festival, three blocks south of Kansas Highway 16 and Kansas Highway 92 intersection, McLouth. Threshing 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., working blacksmith, steam engines, wood carving, children’s activities and more; see ...
Native American artists from around the country will gather in Lawrence next month to sell jewelry, pottery and other handcrafted items. The annual Haskell Indian Art Market will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 at the powwow grounds on the Haskell Indian Nations University campus, ...
Douglas County commissioners have approved the location for a new fire station in northwestern Lawrence, aiming to close coverage gaps and improve emergency response times in the area. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted 4-0, with Commissioner Shannon Reid absent, to approve 555 ...
Crop artist Stan Herd unveiled a new earthwork Wednesday to the northeast of Lawrence in honor of Mexico's Independence Day. The artwork, titled "Young Woman of Mexico," is a collaboration between Herd and Soileh Padilla Mayer, consul of Mexico in Kansas City. It's located northeast of ...
One city worker estimated on Wednesday morning that it would take 30 dumptruck loads to clear a single encampment at Burcham Park. The large area of makeshift dwellings had the day before been home to half a dozen people, some of whom had lived there for years in a grove of towering cottonwood ...
Downtown Lawrence Inc. has officially begun its search for a new leader. The nonprofit organization responsible for promoting the downtown district is seeking a new executive director after Andrew Holt left that position this summer to take a similar role with Downtown Topeka Inc. “This ...