As the old Joni Mitchell song goes, “they paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.” But one project in downtown Lawrence aims to do the reverse and create an urban oasis with native plants. Pat McAdaragh, the chair and CEO of Midco, told the Journal-World via email that after the ...
TOPEKA — Kansas public school students raising their voices in protest during school hours will need parental permission to leave school grounds to attend a rally or protest event after legislative action Friday. The House and Senate overrode Gov. Laura Kelly’s line-item veto in the ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you've ever planned to motor west and take the highway that's the best, this might be the time: Route 66 turns 100 this year. The Mother Road, as author John Steinbeck dubbed it, has evolved over the years from an escape for poor farmers fleeing the devastating dust ...
The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation will host a Yiddish Poetry Night this month that will feature local poets reading the works of a celebrated poet and other original pieces based on his works. The synagogue announced in a press release Thursday the event will take place on Sunday, ...
Lawrence school board members will consider a step towards a boiler system replacement at Lawrence High School on Monday. The proposal comes from Lankford | Fendler and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. in the amount of $26,750 to provide consulting engineering services for the new boilers ...
Judge Sally Pokorny warned the crowd at her retirement ceremony Friday that she was a "crier," and sure enough she shed a few tears almost immediately as she declared "I'm the luckiest woman in the world." That was the "bottom line of my entire life," she said: luck. Luck in having the ...
