Ken Lassman / Kaw Valley Almanac
Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 23-29, 2021
Monarch butterflies have benefitted from enough moisture and not too much heat to recolonize well in this region.
Ken Lassman / Kaw Valley Almanac
Monarch butterflies have benefitted from enough moisture and not too much heat to recolonize well in this region.
The Lawrence school board will consider approving a permaculture garden for Free State High School, sports for 7th graders and more at its meeting Monday.
Mark Potts / The Lawrence Times
Hundreds of people came to South Park Sunday afternoon to enjoy the 40th annual Kansas Fiddling and Picking Championships.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
The family of the man who was fatally stabbed in a grocery store parking lot this week wrote in an online fundraiser for funeral expenses that the man was “endlessly generous,” and his dog, Bear, was “his boy.”
Carter Gaskins/The Lawrence Times
The Raven Book Store has moved into its bigger, brighter, and more accessible new location at 809 Massachusetts St.
The Lawrence Times has added masks to our growing collection of merchandise. Proceeds we receive from masks sold through Sept. 15 will be distributed to one or more local grassroots organizations that help underserved and marginalized people.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
A massive new mural project reveals snapshots of Lawrence High School’s storied past, including images of social justice and the football bonfire, cultural representations of communities that comprise the school and the school’s mascot, Chesty Lion.
Shannon Wells, Lawrence Humane Society / Contributed Photo
Bear’s slightly scruffy, mostly-black fur is tinged with gray around his nose and paws. His big brown eyes might not appear quite as sad if we didn’t know what he had been through in the past couple of days. But we know that Wednesday morning, Bear was stabbed and went into shock.
Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Douglas County prosecutors asked the judge Thursday to set a rape case that has gained national attention for a retrial.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Updated at 3:46 p.m.: Lawrence police have released the identity of a man who was stabbed fatally in the parking lot of Dillons grocery store Wednesday morning.
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