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.
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 ...
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 ...
It's been 60 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. On Wednesday, the Journal-World asked some Lawrence residents what they were doing and how they felt when they heard the news. Ed Heinen was a freshman at Kansas State University at the time ...
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 ...
THURSDAY • 20th Annual runLawrence Thanksgiving Day 5K, 8:30 a.m., with Fun Run at 9:30 a.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St. Registration from 7 to 8 a.m. • LINK Thanksgiving Dinner 1-2:30 p.m., First Christian Church basement, 221 W. 10th St. • Community Thanksgiving Dinner, 6 ...