MESQUITE, Texas — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon swept in front ...
LMH Health's search for a new top financial leader is over, and a longtime Lawrence leader has been hired for the role, the hospital announced in a news release Monday morning. LMH Health has hired former Lawrence City Commissioner Rob Chestnut to fill its CFO role. Chestnut will join the ...
Designing a set for a theater production requires creativity, passion and attention to detail, and can also be quite a challenge. Just ask Rana Esfandiary, assistant professor of design and technology in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Kansas. “I look at designing a ...
"A Place for Everyone." That's the name of the new city and county plan to end chronic homelessness, so you might expect it to be focused on places — affordable and supportive housing for people to live in. And that's certainly a part of it. One of the plan's five "goal areas" calls for more ...
The Fruit Tree Community Choir, with the help of community members, planted a number of fruit trees around the Lawrence Public Library, accompanied by song. The Fruit Tree Community Choir received a 2023 Rocket Grant from a competitive pool of almost 80 applicants. The 10 recipients of the ...
A new skate park expansion at Centennial Park officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday. The $250,000 expansion at the park, at 600 Rockledge Road, has been under construction since last fall. It's a plaza that's designed to be used for "street-style" skateboarding, where ...