Public libraries are meant to be places for everybody, and local library leaders say a newly created position will help ensure that everyone will see the library as somewhere they belong. Lawrence Public Library Executive Director Brad Allen said that the library decided to create a diversity ...
Editor's note: The following is a first-person account by Lawrence writer and therapist Susan Kraus. When my mother died, on Aug. 4, she’d been in home hospice for two weeks. Her hospital bed was set up in our family room, next to a large picture window so she could see the trees and birds, ...
Knowing Christmas would be quieter than usual this year at their homes, Betty Ruhlen and Kathleen Weber spent their morning and afternoon volunteering for the first time at Lawrence's annual Community Christmas Dinner. “It was just going to be a quiet Christmas at home with nobody, and I ...
This year, the gifts that children received through the Lawrence Police Department's Blue Santa program were surprises to the grownups, too. The department’s annual charity benefit and toy drive, first organized in 2011, usually allows parents and guardians of Lawrence kids to shop at the ...
People around the world were familiar with author and professor James Gunn, who had earned the nickname of the “Dad of Science Fiction.” But by age 97, he had also become the “granddad and the great granddad” of the genre, according to his colleague and close friend. “A lot of ...
Douglas County reported 6,146 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, an increase of 67 cases since Wednesday. In Douglas County, 5,261 out of the 6,146 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 885 cases are active. Twenty-one ...
The isolation of the coronavirus pandemic has meant few changes of scene for some, but creeping out in the night with a wagon full of props, one Lawrence resident changed that for her neighbors. The idea had come to Village Cooperative resident Jane Sharp in March, when the coronavirus ...
Douglas County reported 6,079 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 61 cases since Tuesday. In Douglas County, 5,275 out of the 6,079 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 804 cases are active. The county ...
Chris Appodaca received her first Christmas decoration at the age of 3. Now, 64 years later, she has too many to count. There’s the line of vintage cookie tins above the kitchen cabinets and the cookie jars above the kitchen windows. There’s the case of Santa milk jugs and mugs in the ...
When the City of Lawrence ended up the owner of a house in Old West Lawrence, it was not immediately clear what it would do with the property. But two local nonprofits have come forward with a use for the home that will benefit some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. Tenants to ...
Douglas County reported 6,018 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 44 cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 5,192 out of the 6,018 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 826 cases are active. The county has ...
Story updated at 2:52 p.m. Tuesday: Heartland Community Health Center received its anticipated 1,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at 9 a.m. Tuesday and began vaccinating Tier 1 health care workers slightly before 11 a.m., according to the health center's leader. Robyn Coventon, CEO ...
Despite no indoor dining option due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lawrence's annual Community Christmas Dinner will still take place this Friday with to-go, delivery and outdoor seating options. On Christmas from noon to 2 p.m., community members will be able to pick up free meals at First United ...
Douglas County reported 5,974 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 115 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 5,110 out of the 5,974 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 864 cases are active. The county has ...
The Baldwin City Council has approved an unexpected request to buy a new firetruck after some discussion about how the $584,657 purchase would fit into the city's budget. Although the purchase was eventually approved 5-0 at the Dec. 15 City Council meeting, members had questions about the ...
No matter what’s going on in the world around it, the sky is always blue and the sun is always out in Kitty City. The funky neon cityscape in the Lawrence Arts Center's window has now served as the temporary home of multiple litters of kittens as they wait to be adopted. Its skyscrapers are ...
A leader at Lawrence’s hospital expressed disappointment in a local health center’s decision not to transfer its incoming vaccine doses to LMH Health, a choice the leader called a “wrinkle” in the vaccine distribution process. Heartland Community Health Center announced Friday morning ...
Douglas County reported 5,859 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, an increase of 62 cases since Thursday. In Douglas County, 4,905 out of the 5,859 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 954 cases are active. The county has ...
Douglas County reported 5,797 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, an increase of 57 cases since Wednesday. In Douglas County, 4,866 out of the 5,797 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 931 cases are active. The county ...