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video by: Nick Gerik The Kansas River rushes over the dam near downtown Lawrence, Thursday afternoon, May 9, 2019. The Kansas River at Lawrence continued to rise Thursday and was expected to crest by midnight, the National Weather Service said. Brandon Drake, a meteorologist with the ...

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Lawrence High School choir students were busy rehearing Wednesday for their annual "Showtime" performance. The show takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the Lawrence High School auditorium.

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Former Republican presidential candidate and businessman Herman Cain on Wednesday delivered the J.A. Vickers Sr. and Robert F. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Business. Photos by Ashley Hocking/Lawrence Journal-World Related coverage - More on Cain's ...

Ocean explorer Robert Ballard, who is most famous for discovering the wreckage of the Titanic, on Tuesday visited West Middle School, Liberty Memorial Central Middle School and Lawrence High School. Ballard, who was born in Kansas, spoke to the students about his career and answered questions ...

Construction work is well underway in northwest Lawrence on an approximately 200,000-square-foot outpatient medical office building for LMH Health. The building is just south of Rock Chalk Park at the South Lawrence Trafficway and Sixth Street interchange. The approximately $100 million project ...

Free State High School students rehearsed Tuesday night for the choral department's annual "Encore" program. The show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. March 21, 22 and 23 at the FSHS auditorium. Photos by Ashley Hocking/Lawrence Journal-World

The annual tradition that floods the streets of Lawrence with green of all shades brought even more folks than last year downtown Sunday, according to an organizer. Delisa Drewes, a longtime St. Patrick's Day Parade committee member, estimated that more than 25,000 were in attendance. The ...

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