In his decades of living in East Lawrence, Tony Peterson says, a lot has changed, but “the Yart Sale has always been one of the constants.” “I’m not even sure how long ago it started,” he says. It’s one of those ad-hoc, organic neighborhood things, part garage sale, part gallery, ...
Local students — ranging from law school students to elementary students — will get a chance to visit in person with a sitting U.S. Supreme Court justice next month. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be visiting the University of Kansas campus on April 6 and April 7, KU’s ...
Douglas County officially was on the decline last year. The county posted a small, but rare, drop in population in 2025, according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. Douglas County also was unique in one regard: It was the only urban county in the state that ...
A car went into the Kansas River just off the Eighth Street boat ramp on Wednesday after the driver took a wrong turn, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, and it's now been removed from the water. According to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the ...
The Watkins Museum of History announced it will be hosting a traveling exhibition later this spring that features photography documenting sites along the Underground Railroad, with a supplemental exhibit detailing Kansas’s history with the network. The museum announced in a press release ...
Four organizations will be co-hosting a free community event centered on birth outcomes in Douglas County. The "Public Health After Dark" event will be hosted by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, LMH Health, LiveWell Douglas County and the Early Childhood Collective. It will take place ...
