The Eudora City Commission will get a jump on an issue that will be on its plate throughout 2020 when it is asked early next month to approve the sale of a lot on the former Nottingham Elementary School property. Eudora Mayor Tim Reazin said he expects the City Commission to consider selling ...
For the past 28 years, John Bullock has been an attorney, but he recently added another vocation to his life’s work. On weekdays, he's in his sixth-floor office at Stevens & Brand LLP, 900 Massachusetts St., helping clients resolve conflicts. On Sundays, he’s the curate at St. ...
Holiday carriage rides to benefit the Lawrence Community Shelter have been so popular that organizers have decided to keep them rolling on two more dates. Two horse-drawn carriages, driven by Frank and Peg Burkdoll of Lyndon, will be picking up passengers from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday and 4:30 ...
A blizzard is expected to hit parts of the plains and Midwest region this weekend, but it will likely miss Lawrence, according to a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Topeka. "There could be a few flurries here in northeast Kansas," meteorologist Daniel Reese said of Saturday ...
A Lawrence solar energy company plans to give a local nonprofit organization a free solar energy system. Good Energy Solutions, 641 E. 22nd St., is currently accepting applications from nonprofit organizations in Douglas County who are interested in the offer. Shana Good, who runs the company ...
On a recent Thursday, Dorothy Resco and Wilbur Heath enjoyed a noon meal and conversation with Rhonda Seitz at the Eudora Community Center. Seitz had delivered the meals Resco and Heath were eating through her job with Meals on Wheels of Eastern Kansas. She had time to visit with Resco and ...
The Lawrence Community Christmas Dinner is a special event because it brings people from all walks of life together on a special day, said Richard Njoroge. On Wednesday, hundreds of visitors and volunteers — from the local homeless community to the former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius — ...
Tina Jinkens and her running partner, Carol Lounsbury, once covered miles together, but when they met up on a recent morning, Jinkens was hoping to walk a mile. A year ago Jinkens, of Eudora, was training to run the Boston Marathon, the second marathon of her life. Because she’s blind, she ...
Several families in North Lawrence can thank their neighborhood businesses for providing them with financial help this holiday season. Since October, the North Lawrence Improvement Association has collected thousands of dollars in donations from North Lawrence businesses and individuals to ...
The three people loaded with red gift bags looked like last-minute shoppers Monday morning, but instead of bringing the presents home they were handing them out to strangers they encountered on Massachusetts Street. Scott Sloyer and his adult children Tyler and Rachel began the tradition of ...
Marriages Erin Michelle Lee, 36, Grandview, Mo., and Jonathan Andrew Mcintire, 41, Grandview, Mo. Cody J. Boos, 32, Lawrence, and Grace Kyleen Jones, 27, Lawrence. Papa Fode Kher Drame, 34, Lawrence, and Linda Wang, 28, Lawrence. Christopher Meyeres, 39, Lawrence, and Chelsea Mckee, 36, ...
The striking contemporary design of the newest item on view at Lecompton’s Territorial Capital Museum is at odds with the antique furnishings that fill the first-floor room in which it is displayed. The translucent piece sits on a wooden base with brass plate identifying it as the ...
Two years ago when Rodney and Judith Taylor decided to move to Lawrence to be closer to family, they found the perfect home just three hours after walking through its front door. Rodney didn’t hesitate. He thought the blue house with the wrap-around front porch at 2135 Massachusetts St. was ...
HAYS, Kan. — Drug Court's recent graduation day lacked caps and gowns and was a little less formal than traditional pomp and circumstance, but it was no less joyous for the participants who filled the third-floor courtroom in the Ellis County Courthouse. The six who graduated were among the ...
Baldwin City officials are starting to make plans to celebrate the city’s 150th birthday. Baldwin City Mayor Casey Simoneau appointed a committee earlier this month to help plan the sesquicentennial celebration. Historic Baldwin City, about 20 miles south of Lawrence, was founded on Sept. ...
Shoppers at Van Go's annual holiday art sale this weekend will be able to take in some eclectic music at the same time. The social service agency that employs at-risk young people as apprentice artists will be welcoming Kansas City-based musician Calvin Arsenia for a benefit concert on ...
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Marriages Clinton Merrill Stephens, 39, Lawrence, and Trina Jo Ramirez, 46, Lawrence. Matthew Edward Kappenman, 36, Lawrence, and Teressa Danelle Martinez, 34, Lawrence. Daniel Jackson Lynch, 23, Collinsville, Ill., and Melody Lane Smith, 22, Perry. James Corwin Mackey, 33, Lawrence, and ...
When an email from CASA showed up, Kristina Chartrand figured it was announcing the volunteer of the year, and she thought she’d check it later to see if someone she knew had received the honor. Before she could check, Amy Buchele-Ash, her CASA advocate coordinator, called to congratulate ...
Have a closing, cancellation or postponement to report? Please email it to closings@ljworld.com. The following will be closed Monday, Dec. 16. Last updated: 8:16 p.m. Sunday • Lawrence Public Schools • Eudora Public Schools • Baldwin City School District Related story • Dec. ...