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PHOTOS: 2023 Holiday Lighting Ceremony and Santa Rescue

Lawrence kicked off the holiday season on Friday night with the annual downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony and Santa Rescue. Plenty of other holiday events are scheduled in the coming weeks; see our holiday events calendar here.

About 950 LINK meals delivered or served downtown on Thanksgiving Day

As he finished his Thanksgiving Day meal in the basement of Lawrence's First Christian Church, David Atwell said he was thankful for the feast provided by Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen. "I live in a tent at Clinton Lake,” he said. "I'm not much of a fancy eater. It's nice. A ...

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS: 2023 holiday events calendar

Thursday, Nov. 23 20th Annual runLawrence Thanksgiving Day 5K, 8:30 a.m., Fun Run starts 9:30 a.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St. “Holiday Reflections,” 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Union Station, 30 West Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo. LINK Thanksgiving Dinner, 1-2:30 p.m., First Christian Church ...

Festival of Trees fundraiser kicks off this week with plenty of Christmas cheer

Organizers of the annual Festival of Trees benefit were busy this week transforming a downtown venue into a Christmas wonderland. The festival, at Maceli's Banquet Hall and Catering, 1031 New Hampshire St., is the primary fundraising event for the O’Connell Children’s Shelter, a local ...