The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center has received a $25,000 donation to help it build a new Youth Recovery Center, and designs for the facility at Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive are progressing. Leaders of Bert Nash and other stakeholders gathered Monday morning for the announcement ...
To help make child care more affordable for local families, Lawrence’s Ballard Center is trying a new approach — capping tuition at 7% of a household's income. In a news release, the Ballard Center said that 1 in 4 families in the community live paycheck to paycheck, and the average ...
Dancers, musicians, even an aerial arts performer will be part of the Lawrence school district's 10th annual “Ovation!” talent show for middle and high school students this weekend. The talent show is at 7 p.m. Sunday on the main stage of the Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Drive, and ...
Lawrence bike shop Cycle Works will hold a “unity ride” on Saturday in support of one of the people in Minneapolis who was recently shot and killed by federal officers. Keith Muller, an owner of Cycle Works, said that the idea was sparked by a Minneapolis cycle shop called Angry Catfish. ...
Costco isn't the only grocery store eyeing the far west end of Sixth Street — there are now signs that Aldi is considering a site just a couple thousand feet away. On Wednesday, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of a rezoning request for ...
Four Lawrence-based cultural organizations have formed a year-long partnership to observe the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, Watkins Museum of History, Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and Lawrence Arts Center have ...