A panel discussion titled "Bringing Civility Back to Civic Discourse" is scheduled for next month at the Lawrence Public Library and will feature four public officials who've been aggressively targeted by public commenters. The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters, will be from 6 to ...
A California songwriter has created a music video about one of Lawrence's "Distinguished Citizens": Leo Beuerman, a man who sold pencils from a cart in downtown Lawrence decades ago. Though Beuerman, who suffered from the rare genetic condition osteogenesis imperfecta, was only a little over 3 ...
Two Topeka women were arrested Sunday following an alleged retail crime spree in Lawrence. Police said in a news release that the women were caught by an officer Sunday evening in a parking lot in southern Lawrence. Officers were called to Dick’s Sporting Goods on Iowa Street after an ...
Lawrence police say a ukulele turned into a weapon when a man, who appeared highly intoxicated, used it to damage several vehicles. Officers were called around 2 p.m. Saturday to the 1200 block of Kentucky Street, where several witnesses reported seeing a man hitting vehicles with the ...
The Kansas Supreme Court will present a Justice Award to retired KU professor John Peck for his significant contributions to the improvement of justice in Kansas over the course of his career. Peck has had a lasting influence on water law education and water law itself, Chief Justice Marla ...
The work of area playwrights will be featured next month at Theatre Lawrence in an event called New Works Night. The production company Bicycle Face is partnering with Theatre Lawrence for an evening of fully staged short plays and monologues all written, directed and acted by local talent. ...
