Friday, Oct. 24
KPR Live Day, daytime concerts at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.; Halloween concert at 7 p.m.; Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Costume contest, tricks and treats and more. Free admission, seats limited; schedule and registration at kansaspublicradio.org.
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A national journalist who follows political races across the country will be in Lawrence next week to discuss how the 2026 midterm elections are shaping up for both Republicans and Democrats.
Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report will be at the Dole Institute ...
In a marathon meeting that included more than an hour of public comments, planning commissioners on Wednesday took a step requested by the developers of the New Boston Crossing project — but made it clear that there's still much to be figured out about the proposed development south of the ...
Douglas County commissioners have approved geological testing at a solar farm site north of Lawrence, but a judge will now decide whether the testing violates an existing court order in an ongoing lawsuit against the project.
Developers of the Kansas Sky Energy Center — a proposed ...
A new type of zoning for “very high density” housing now is a step closer to being approved in Lawrence for the first time ever.
On Wednesday night, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Commission rezone four properties in the Oread ...
Standing before a banner with the motto “Leave no veteran behind,” Douglas County District Court Judge Amy Hanley hailed the court’s new Veterans Treatment Court as a second chance for veterans involved in the criminal justice system.
During the court’s opening ceremony at the Douglas ...