"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 ...
A group of local farmers has partnered with earthwork artist Stan Herd to create a work urging the relocation of a utility-scale solar energy project proposed for 1,105 acres just north of Lawrence.
The art installation — visible from the north side of Interstate 70 between East 1500 and ...
At an upcoming public meeting, the City of Lawrence is asking community members to weigh in on what they’d like to see from a $6.1 million renovation planned for the city’s Outdoor Aquatic Center.
The city announced in a news release Thursday that it’s beginning a “major” renovation ...
Dozens of current and former employees and volunteers at suicide prevention nonprofit HeadQuarters Kansas are demanding the resignation of the entire board of directors and a newly appointed interim executive director, while the board attributes unrest at the agency to a "misunderstanding" ...