Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence High School students showcase projects at Innovation Expo
Lawrence High School’s Career and Technical Education students put their yearlong projects on display for the community Wednesday night at the fourth annual Innovation Expo.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
LINK community meals are now a program of Lawrence’s Homeless Resource Center
LINK community meals will continue as a program of Lawrence’s Homeless Resource Center, the HRC has announced.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Lawrence High School students showcase projects at Innovation Expo
Lawrence High School’s Career and Technical Education students put their yearlong projects on display for the community Wednesday night at the fourth annual Innovation Expo.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
LINK community meals are now a program of Lawrence’s Homeless Resource Center
LINK community meals will continue as a program of Lawrence’s Homeless Resource Center, the HRC has announced.
Jacob Rice / Lawence Times
Haskell powwow, native plant restoration projects and more earn heritage grants
A powwow and buffalo harvest to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Haskell stadium and projects to support native plant restoration are among recipients of this year’s Heritage Conservation Council grants.
Lawrence Humane Pet of the Week: Trigonometry is a ‘pocket pittie’ with a Hollywood smile
Trigonometry may not be a math whiz like his name suggests, but this 8-year-old “pocket pittie” is still a smart cookie.
Staged reading set for ‘Fire Messiah,’ a new Lawrence musical
Ric Averill and company will host a staged reading of “Fire Messiah: A Community Musical of Miracles,” a new show still in production, giving the community an opportunity to help shape the development of a local musical.
Jacob Rice / Lawence Times
Haskell powwow, native plant restoration projects and more earn heritage grants
A powwow and buffalo harvest to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Haskell stadium and projects to support native plant restoration are among recipients of this year’s Heritage Conservation Council grants.
Lawrence Humane Pet of the Week: Trigonometry is a ‘pocket pittie’ with a Hollywood smile
Trigonometry may not be a math whiz like his name suggests, but this 8-year-old “pocket pittie” is still a smart cookie.
Staged reading set for ‘Fire Messiah,’ a new Lawrence musical
Ric Averill and company will host a staged reading of “Fire Messiah: A Community Musical of Miracles,” a new show still in production, giving the community an opportunity to help shape the development of a local musical.
Jacob Rice / Lawence Times
Haskell powwow, native plant restoration projects and more earn heritage grants
A powwow and buffalo harvest to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Haskell stadium and projects to support native plant restoration are among recipients of this year’s Heritage Conservation Council grants.
Lawrence Humane Pet of the Week: Trigonometry is a ‘pocket pittie’ with a Hollywood smile
Trigonometry may not be a math whiz like his name suggests, but this 8-year-old “pocket pittie” is still a smart cookie.
Staged reading set for ‘Fire Messiah,’ a new Lawrence musical
Ric Averill and company will host a staged reading of “Fire Messiah: A Community Musical of Miracles,” a new show still in production, giving the community an opportunity to help shape the development of a local musical.
LAWRENCE NEWS
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Haskell, KU student researchers to showcase their work at symposium
Haskell and KU students researchers will welcome the community to learn about their research on subjects from muskrats and coal waste piles to pawpaw seeds, pantodonts and much more.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Earth Day events coming up across Lawrence
Lawrence has a collection of upcoming Earth Day events for all ages, including fairs, riverbank cleanups and fairy house building sessions.
U.S. 59 south of Lawrence to be reduced to one lane through September
A section of U.S. 59 Highway/Iowa Street south of Lawrence will be reduced to one lane in each direction beginning next week and continuing through early September.
City commissioners give Bert Nash more time to find path forward for supportive housing
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to hit pause on clawing back $558,000 in funding provided to Bert Nash for a supportive housing project that has been long delayed.
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STATE NEWS
Kansas BOE names Jake Steel as state’s next education commissioner
Kansas public schools will soon have a new chief administrator. The Kansas State Board of Education has named Jake Steel as the state’s next education commissioner.
‘The people of Kansas lost’: Last-ditch attempt at property tax relief devolves into finger-pointing
TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s last-ditch attempt to make good on campaign promises to deliver […]
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COMMUNITY VOICES (OPINION)
Tom Harper: Ben Graham’s craftsmanship preserves Lawrence buildings, compels with its details (Column)
Lawrence has benefited from Ben Graham’s generous spirit and broad skillset, particularly as a plasterer, since 1985, Tom Harper writes in this column.
Shawn Alexander: When W. E. B. Du Bois came to Lawrence (Column)
W. E. B. Du Bois spoke in Lawrence 105 years ago today. “We should draw inspiration from those who have come before us and dare to envision a better world,” Shawn Alexander writes in this column.
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LAWRENCE LIFE
Lawrence Humane Pet of the Week: Trigonometry is a ‘pocket pittie’ with a Hollywood smile
Trigonometry may not be a math whiz like his name suggests, but this 8-year-old “pocket pittie” is still a smart cookie.
Jacob Rice / Lawence Times
Haskell theatre club members tap into their own college character arcs for upcoming play
An all-Native cast and crew of Haskell students will channel their triumphs, hurts and humor from their lives at university into the first off-book play the school has seen in years.
First public trail to open at Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve
KU Field Station will soon host a grand opening for the Rice Woodland Trail, the first public trail at the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve.
Lawrence Humane Pet of the Week: Trigonometry is a ‘pocket pittie’ with a Hollywood smile
Trigonometry may not be a math whiz like his name suggests, but this 8-year-old “pocket pittie” is still a smart cookie.
Jacob Rice / Lawence Times
Haskell theatre club members tap into their own college character arcs for upcoming play
An all-Native cast and crew of Haskell students will channel their triumphs, hurts and humor from their lives at university into the first off-book play the school has seen in years.
First public trail to open at Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve
KU Field Station will soon host a grand opening for the Rice Woodland Trail, the first public trail at the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve.
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Mississippi Street to close at 9th as construction continues in Lawrence
Mississippi Street will close at both sides of its intersection with Ninth Street in Lawrence next week as construction continues on the Jayhawk watershed project.
Sur Landscape Architecture/Contributed image
Midco and Native Lands collaborate to plan native plant park in downtown Lawrence
A park will soon take over an unused lot next to Midco in downtown Lawrence, incorporating native plants with the work of several local artisans and offering community members a chance to step into the role of stewards of native land.
Lawrence school district must answer record requests from plaintiffs in AI surveillance lawsuit, judge rules
Lawrence Public Schools must quickly comply with open records requests related to a controversial AI monitoring software at the heart of a federal lawsuit after months of delays, a federal judge has ruled.
Meet the new Lawrence Times staff members on this Local News Day
It’s Local News Day — the perfect opportunity to introduce two new members of our news team.
Mississippi Street to close at 9th as construction continues in Lawrence
Mississippi Street will close at both sides of its intersection with Ninth Street in Lawrence next week as construction continues on the Jayhawk watershed project.
Sur Landscape Architecture/Contributed image
Midco and Native Lands collaborate to plan native plant park in downtown Lawrence
A park will soon take over an unused lot next to Midco in downtown Lawrence, incorporating native plants with the work of several local artisans and offering community members a chance to step into the role of stewards of native land.
Lawrence school district must answer record requests from plaintiffs in AI surveillance lawsuit, judge rules
Lawrence Public Schools must quickly comply with open records requests related to a controversial AI monitoring software at the heart of a federal lawsuit after months of delays, a federal judge has ruled.
Meet the new Lawrence Times staff members on this Local News Day
It’s Local News Day — the perfect opportunity to introduce two new members of our news team.
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MORE COMMUNITY VOICES
The opinion pieces in this section are generally written by members of the Lawrence community and those who have close ties. In addition, we’re offering some space for area organizations and organizers to provide updates and attempt to reach other folks who might share their mission.
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Holly Krebs: Looking at the bigger picture as Lawrence City Commission considers $184M in debt (Column)
“Can our community afford an extra $21 million per year in debt payments when the city had to cut $6.6 million to balance the 2026 operating budget?” Holly Krebs writes in this column.
Amy Helmer/Contributed photo
Amy Helmer: Life, liberty, and the right to pee (Column)
“Fearmongering over the alleged safety risks of peeing is so deeply American, it is hardly surprising that the modern-day politician increasingly attempts to frame transgender people as political scapegoats,” Amy Helmer writes in this column.
Letter to the Times: City of Lawrence should revise, not rescind, sustainability ordinance
“While the federal government is undoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Lawrence can and should lead the way,” members of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County write in this letter to the Times.
The opinion pieces in this section are generally written by members of the Lawrence community and those who have close ties. In addition, we’re offering some space for area organizations and organizers to provide updates and attempt to reach other folks who might share their mission.
Want to submit a letter to the Times? Great!
Click here to find out how.
Holly Krebs: Looking at the bigger picture as Lawrence City Commission considers $184M in debt (Column)
“Can our community afford an extra $21 million per year in debt payments when the city had to cut $6.6 million to balance the 2026 operating budget?” Holly Krebs writes in this column.
Amy Helmer/Contributed photo
Amy Helmer: Life, liberty, and the right to pee (Column)
“Fearmongering over the alleged safety risks of peeing is so deeply American, it is hardly surprising that the modern-day politician increasingly attempts to frame transgender people as political scapegoats,” Amy Helmer writes in this column.
Letter to the Times: City of Lawrence should revise, not rescind, sustainability ordinance
“While the federal government is undoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Lawrence can and should lead the way,” members of the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County write in this letter to the Times.
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