Douglas County commissioners have extended the timeline for the Wakarusa Drive extension project – just in case there are any delays from an environmental review of the proposed site. On Wednesday, county commissioners approved a supplemental memorandum of understanding with the Kansas ...
Lawrence’s planned soccer street party before the U.S. team’s final group stage match Thursday night will be moved inside due to potential inclement weather. Score Lawrence announced Wednesday the soccer street watch party will take place inside The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. The ...
Lawrence’s summer shopping spectacular, A Midsummer Night on Mass, is always big for downtown merchants – but they have reason to believe this Friday’s edition could be bigger than normal. That’s because the specials at downtown businesses aren’t the only things happening that night. ...
As America begins to celebrate our 250th anniversary, I’m pleased to have been asked to write about George Washington’s leadership. As president, I found great comfort and inspiration in reading about my predecessors and the qualities they embodied. Abraham Lincoln’s resolve, Harry ...
Most Americans know Abraham Lincoln as a marble giant, the Great Emancipator, the president who saved the union. But it is perhaps more instructive, and more honest, to see him as he was in the decade before he rose to the White House: a Springfield lawyer who’d served just a single term in ...
Clenece Hills has served in many roles in her 88 years. A teacher. A radio host. And a top notch party planner for important local birthdays. Hills served on multiple historic commissions that worked to commemorate historic celebrations, including chairing the commission for Lawrence’s 150th ...