The Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council has launched a new fund to support community organizations that host annual cultural events. According to a news release from Douglas County, the new Heritage Events and Celebrations Fund program has a total of $20,000 available to distribute ...
A third candidate, a University of Kansas program director for the School of Business, has filed for the Lawrence school board election. Matt Lancaster told the Journal-World that in the last few years, it has become a pretty hostile environment to educators and to schools, and he wants to be ...
TOPEKA — A gust of wind sweeps over bare soil, kicking up enough dirt and dust to cut visibility to nearly zero, and for drivers, the dust storm seems to come out of nowhere. Such conditions resulted in a pileup on Interstate 70 last week in western Kansas involving dozens of cars and trucks ...
When it comes to talking about climate change with their peers, many Americans believe it's best to keep quiet, particularly given how politicized the issue has become. That is particularly true among Midwestern farmers, new research from the University of Kansas has found. A professor there ...
The City of Lawrence held its 38th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Monday, attracting several thousand onlookers to the route in downtown Lawrence and North Lawrence. In addition to raising money for area charitable organizations, the event included prizes for a host of businesses, ...
A nonprofit that is trying to help fill an estimated shortage of 2,500 child care slots in Douglas County has two new projects coming online soon. The Lawrence-based Community Children’s Center has announced partnerships with two new child care providers that ultimately will be able to ...