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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Local musicians and other revelers celebrated Mardi Gras on Tuesday with an annual parade up downtown Lawrence sidewalks. The parade began on the south end of Massachusetts Street shortly before noon and stopped inside several downtown spots before heading to Free State Brewery to play for ...

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Heavy snowfall fell at times on the University of Kansas campus Friday as a winter weather system moved through the Lawrence area. The National Weather Service had predicted total accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Photos by Ashley Hocking/Lawrence Journal-World

A group of first- through third-graders from Raintree Montessori School marched Thursday through downtown Lawrence to raise awareness of climate change. The students held signs with various environmentally minded slogans, and at least one sign read "We stand with Belgium," referencing recent ...

Volunteer Darrah Buren helps stack boxes of Girl Scout cookies, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds after two semitrailers dropped off more than 6,000 cases. Buren and other volunteers organized boxes to be picked up by area troop leaders. Cookies are expected to be ...

Lawrence school district students enjoyed World Read Aloud Day on Friday with guest readers, including former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Lawrence Mayor Lisa Larsen, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center Chief Operations Officer Stephen O'Neill, Officer James Browning of the Lawrence ...

The Lawrence Public Library honored the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, with a day of events and activities, including a storytime with Lawrence resident Brenda Nuñez. Photos by Mike Yoder/Lawrence Journal-World

About 4 inches of wet snow fell on Lawrence on Friday night and Saturday morning, blanketing the ground and clinging to trees, buildings and more.

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