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The City of Lawrence is planning to ban people from camping “anywhere in Lawrence” effective in mid-August, representing a change that has long been in the works.
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School powwows are common in areas with large Native American populations, but Saturday’s powwow at Hillcrest Elementary was a first for Lawrence schools.
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Corrin Lamere, 23, on Saturday evening walked around the powwow circle where she suffered a severe stroke last year, and her family thanked community members for their support throughout her healing.
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Student scientists in now-defunded KU and Haskell programs showcased their work Thursday, sharing research ranging from depression treatments for veterans and proteins’ impact on tumor cells to gene mutations, behavior of prairie voles and more.
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A social media post spread rapidly Tuesday about an alleged encounter with immigration agents in a Lawrence grocery store parking lot, but the incident never occurred.
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Dozens of students and community members gathered Friday at Haskell for a National TRIO Day celebration. Speaker Ferial Pearson shared how a “Secret Kindness Agents” project changed her students’ lives and grew into a global movement.
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The renovated Douglas County Commission meeting room in the historic courthouse was completed just in time for new elected officials to be sworn in Monday.
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Tibetan monks completed an interfaith world peace sand mandala Saturday at the Lawrence Arts Center; then, in a demonstration of impermanence of all, cleared the mandala and carried the sands to the river.
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A woman was shot and killed Thursday night in a home south of Eudora, and the suspected shooter was also found dead in the home after barricading himself inside for several hours, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
We’ve reached out to more than 120 restaurants in Douglas County. Here are the ones that have confirmed that they’ll be open Thanksgiving day.
