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Lawrence’s upcoming Free State Book Festival aims to create a more relaxed and accessible environment for the public rather than focusing on publishers and panels, as many traditional book festivals do.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Big Boy No. 4014, the largest steam locomotive, is set to pass through the Union Pacific depot in North Lawrence this July.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
A planned city-load event at Lawrence’s compost facility has been changed to a self-load event to allow residents to drop off yard waste.
Courtney Lane/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board members voted unanimously Monday to replace First Student with Durham School Services to manage the district’s bus operations.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
KU students were evacuated from Stephenson Hall early Monday after severe storms caused a large section of brick siding along the attic to fall off, crushing an emergency staircase, and flooded the basement. No injuries were reported.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Vacant storefronts appear to be increasingly common in downtown Lawrence, but a new initiative aims to fill those spaces with local artists.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
Lynn Abrams will be remembered for how she nurtured people, plants and traditions, and for her presence at live music performances. Abrams, 70, was killed Saturday at her home in Lawrence.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
KU Theatre is set to open a play about the anti-gay hate crime that took the life of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in 1998 in Wyoming. For the director, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience.
New owners will soon open Mass Street Plant Co. in the space that was previously home to Jungle House in downtown Lawrence.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
A 25-year-old Lawrence man was charged with first-degree murder Monday in Douglas County District Court in connection with his grandmother’s death.
