1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1298+ words) As Lawrence High School’s girls flag football team built a commanding lead in the first game of the season, junior Lucy Godfrey kept glancing at the scoreboard. “This is the first time in history this is happening,” Godfrey said she…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (387+ words) Lawrence community members can weigh in on priorities as part of the city’s Vision 2030 strategic planning process, now via an online survey. The Vision 2030 Community Survey asks residents, workers, business owners and others who spend time in the city to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (480+ words) The strategic plan is like a community roadmap with measurable goals, according to the Vision 2030 landing page. “Our Strategic Plan should reflect the people who call Lawrence home,” said Casey Toomay, assistant city manager, in a city news release. “Every…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (932+ words) Staff will also ask commissioners whether they’re committed to the city’s current pay structure, whether they support a mill levy increase to support operations of Fire Station 6, and whether they want to put a Lawrence Transit sales tax increase on…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (812+ words) OpenStudios Lawrence connects local artists with vacant commercial spaces, allowing them to create and sell work while temporarily occupying storefronts. Its first location, Andante Home, will open on Friday, May 1 at 745 New Hampshire St. OpenStudios Lawrence is a franchise of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (240+ words) Tokeya Waci U Richardson, Oglala Lakota and Haliwa-Saponi, was selected by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission to paint a mural on the ground-level, west-facing wall opposite the stairs on the Vermont Street side of the structure at 725 Vermont St. Weather…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (393+ words) The heart was installed Monday at the southwest corner of the intersection of Massachusetts Street and North Park Street, right next to South Park. Parade of Hearts is “is a one-of-a-kind public art experience that celebrates Kansas City’s creativity, culture,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (560+ words) The severe thunderstorms are most likely between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday. Matt Wolters, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said another round of thunderstorms could move through eastern Kansas late afternoon and early evening on Friday, April…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (981+ words) Lines of customers stretched from the sidewalk in front of Jungle House all the way to Massachusetts Street as Lawrence community members said goodbye to the long-standing plant shop. Tuesday morning, Jungle House owners Jhami and Rachel Guffey announced on…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (826+ words) Native restoration is the process of protecting and replanting native ecosystems. The process is happening slowly but surely in several local areas with the help of ecologists and organizations. “We’re very quickly becoming removed from our native landscapes, but for…...