The winners of the 2023 Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards have been announced: poet Kayla Cooper and fiction writer Jenea Havener. The annual award, co-sponsored by The Raven Book Store and the Lawrence Arts Center, honors the work of Hughes, who spent his childhood in Lawrence. The ...
In spring of 2022, KC Atchinson got her routine mammogram — and then got some news that no one is ever quite ready to hear. “This is your friendly reminder to get those regular health screenings, my loves,” she posted on Facebook in April 2022. “Found out yesterday I have breast ...
Five local high school students will vie for the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence’s 2023 Youth of the Year award next week, including last year's winner of the statewide Youth of the Year contest. This year's local Youth of the Year ceremony is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at Liberty ...
This weekend's local events include a screening of an award-winning film, an Italian opera at the University of Kansas and many more fun shows on the stage and screen. In addition to the events listed here, don’t miss out on Lawrence Restaurant Week, which runs through Jan. 29 and will ...
Long before the Trump administration gave rise to the phrases “fake news” and “alternative facts,” the squishy — and often satiric — concepts of “truthiness” and “my truth” were adrift in the culture, denoting the quality of appearing to be true, or feeling true, while not ...
A plan to transition family planning services from Douglas County's health department to another community health care provider seems to be moving forward, despite concerns expressed by the Douglas County Commission last week. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health's plan is to pass ...