A cold front making its way down from the north is expected to bring substantial rainfall to the Lawrence area Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. The rain is expected to begin in Lawrence between 10 p.m. Thursday and midnight, then continue ...
Two musicians will be turning trash such as beer bottles and disposable cups into instruments during this month’s installment of the Humanities in the Wild lecture series. At Friday's free performance, Mike Compitello and Hannah Collins, both faculty members at the University of Kansas ...
Construction workers encountered bats in the belfry as they began work this week tearing shingles off the bell tower high above Lawrence’s First United Methodist Church. “They were chasing bats out the first day up there,” said Marc Ridenour, the facilities manager at the church, 946 ...
Lawrence’s Heartland Community Health Center was one of 18 federally qualified health centers in Kansas recognized for improvements made throughout the year — in Heartland's case, doubling the number of patients treated at the clinic, among other achievements. Heartland, at 346 Maine St., ...
Updated at 12:57 p.m. Monday A powerful thunderstorm turned the sky dark as night and dumped torrents of rain around Lawrence Monday morning, leading to a flood advisory for poor drainage areas. Storms were expected to move out of the area by noon, according to Brandon Drake, with the ...
Marriages Scott Alan Sapp, 30, Lawrence, and Whitney Nicole Howard, 30, Lawrence. Cody Charles Naginey, 26, Lawrence, and Samantha Jo Galyardt, 28, Lawrence. Christopher Adama Tripp, 34, Lawrence, and Joanna Kay Austin, 31, Lawrence. Misael Flores, 25, Lawrence, and Laura Suarez, 23, ...
The farming season troubles for Jimmy Neis began in the early spring. The soil on his farm, Neis Brothers Farms just south of Eudora, was so wet that he had to slightly delay planting his corn until mid-April, he said. Then severe storms came in May. “It rained for several weeks and it ...
Kay Boydston stopped at Heartland Meat Market in west Lawrence Thursday for slices of smoked turkey breast. “This is really fresh,” said Boydston, as she watched Bryan Harpel, the store’s manager and butcher, cut up the turkey. “One time I brought my granddaughter here with me, and ...
With the county, cities and school districts approving 2020 budget earlier this month, it appears homeowners in Baldwin City and Eudora won’t have to set aside more to pay property taxes in the coming year, assuming their homes didn’t jump in value. Baldwin City residents will see a slight ...
A bond of friendship between two men has grown into a podcast with the two discussing everything from stress and anxiety to men’s relationships. The Kensington Corner is a podcast created by Jeff Thompson, 32, and Tom Angel, 31, who are both nontraditional students majoring in pre-medicine ...
LMH Health and the LMH Health Foundation are excited about the new East Heights Family Care Clinic opening this fall. Rebecca Smith, executive director of the LMH Health Foundation, said that the new clinic, which was largely funded by philanthropic gifts, will serve an area of the community ...
Construction will start next month on a new park in Baldwin City that local leaders hope will stimulate more development downtown. Earlier this month, the Baldwin City Council approved the design for the so-called Lotatorium, as well as a construction contract not to exceed $670,000. The ...
The K-10 Connector bus service has changed the stops it makes in Lawrence and is no longer serving the bus stop at 19th Street and Haskell Avenue. The bus route, which runs along Kansas Highway 10 and includes stops at the University of Kansas' Lawrence and Edwards campuses and Johnson County ...
WASHINGTON — Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79. The cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said ...
String instrument enthusiasts from around the state will converge on Lawrence this weekend for the 39th annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships. The event officially begins at noon Sunday at South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St. Scheduled throughout the afternoon are fiddle, banjo, ...
A "bring-and-buy" kitchen supply sale will return this weekend to the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Douglas County K-State Extension Master Food volunteers and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program educators have scheduled the second annual event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the ...
Story updated at 2:32 p.m. Thursday KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas has ruled that a law making it a crime to "encourage" or "induce" immigrants to enter or live in the country illegally is unconstitutional. KCUR-FM reports that U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia issued his ...
Underrepresented groups of people in Lawrence should become more visible through an exhibit that will open Saturday at the Murphy-Bromelsick House in Hobbs Park. The exhibit, organized by members of the Eastside People’s Intercultural Center, or Epicenter, “Untold Stories: Douglas County ...
Within days of moving to Lawrence, Bob Danon is heading off on a 300-mile sea kayaking trip along the jagged coast of Crete. At 74, Danon will be kayaking alone, about seven or eight hours a day. This will be his seventh sea kayaking trip to Crete and his third solo trip to raise dollars for ...