Marriages Daniel James Howe, 31, Lawrence, and Danielle Elizabeth Wellman, 32, Lawrence. Ginger Kay Green, 40, Lawrence, and Dennis Thomas, 44, Lawrence. Max Carlson, 24, Lawrence, and Jennifer Runyan, 22, Lawrence. Brian Lee Iron-Whiteman Jr., 21, Lawrence, and Diego Jamie Mcgary-Munoz, ...
Jim Hart lost his appetite after a scorpion appeared on the bratwurst he was grilling at Clinton Lake last week. The Eudora resident, his girlfriend, Tina Odgen, and her son, Ethan Harris, 13, were camping at the lake when Hart said they encountered several scorpions. “I’m 56 years old ...
DCCCA and Douglas County hosted the second annual Behavioral Health Prevention Summit on Tuesday, and more than 220 people showed up. The daylong event was free for those who live and work within the county this year, and it offered 15 total breakout sessions. Naturally, I couldn’t attend ...
A local symposium exploring the history of the Border War between Kansas and Missouri, which includes the signature event in Lawrence’s history, will bring a historian discussing the perspective of the Missouri side of the conflict, said Jim Ogle, executive director of the Freedom’s ...
June is National Safety Month, a time to raise awareness and reduce injuries at work and in our homes and communities. A National Safety Council report on unintentional injuries shows that falls are the leading cause of injury-related death for adults age 65 and older. According to the Centers ...
The city of Eudora has had just six housing starts thus far in 2019, despite city officials regularly fielding calls from individuals interested in building homes. “The demand is there,” said Eudora City Manager Barack Matite. “Our planning department is getting calls from interested ...
Robin Byer brought along several canvas bags to carry home her groceries from Checkers Foods Friday morning. “It’s so hard to remember all the time,” she said about bringing the bags from her car into the store. “There is a learning curve for everything.” Byer was one of several ...
At a community conversation on food security and health issues Thursday evening, area nonprofit leaders said health equity issues were a chief concern — and one of the organizers even used the location of the meeting itself to make his point. “We have significant gaps,” Douglas County ...
A survey of a site proposed for behavioral health housing in northern Lawrence has not turned up archeological or human remains, clearing the way for the much-anticipated Douglas County behavioral health campus to move forward. Earlier this year, the Delaware Tribe, which once inhabited the ...
Young rockers who’ve spent a week jamming and writing music will take the stage at the Granada this weekend for the fifth annual Girls Rock Lawrence Showcase. During the five-day Girls Rock Lawrence Camp at the Lied Center, 30 girls and transgender youth got a crash course in writing and ...
Kelsey King sat patiently Monday afternoon while a volunteer brushed her hair into a high ponytail for her role as the Genie in this weekend's Penguin Project performance of Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” at Theatre Lawrence. Eleanor Roust, Kelsey’s mentor, stood nearby, concerned that her own ...
A longtime company executive will take over at Hallmark as two of the members of the company’s founding family step down from their top positions. Mike Perry has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark, according to a release from the ...
The Lawrence chamber of commerce will soon be able to provide more financial assistance to small businesses. The chamber on Wednesday announced that NetWork Kansas, a nonprofit organization focused on business growth, promoted the chamber’s small-business loan program Metropolitan ...
A search for the next president of Haskell Indian Nations University continues after a round of interviews failed to produce a strong candidate, according to Bureau of Indian Education officials who were in Lawrence Tuesday. In early June the position was reopened through Sept. 30, according ...
Nate Ditzler’s artwork is influenced by wherever he currently calls home. For the past year, Ditzler has been the ceramic artist-in-residence at the Lawrence Arts Center. Before coming to Kansas he lived in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he was an artist-in-residence at the Armory Art ...
A flood warning continues for the Kansas River at Lawrence through Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Monday morning the river had reached moderate flood stage at 20.6 feet and was expected to reach 21 feet by Monday afternoon, according to Audra Hennecke, a ...
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Marriages Kelly Loneker, 49, Lawrence, and Loni Dean Cooper, 50, Harrisonville, Mo. Sean Thomas Callahan, 35, Richmond, Va., and Liesel Anne Reussner, 26, Richmond, Va. Jessica Yong Coogle, 23, Belton, Mo., and Levi Tanner Clark, 23, Belton, Mo. Troy Alan Brown, 50, Lee's Summit, Mo., ...
Send us your photos: Got a fun pic of friends or family? Someone in your community you’d like to recognize? We’ll even publish your pets. Email your photos to friends@ljworld.com. View more photos and galleries at ljworld.com/photos.
Send us your photos: Got a fun pic of friends or family? Someone in your community you’d like to recognize? We’ll even publish your pets. Email your photos to friends@ljworld.com. View more photos and galleries at ljworld.com/photos.