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Clear the Shelter Day is Saturday, but these dogs have their fees waived now at Lawrence Humane Society
Clear the Shelter Day, the annual effort to find furever homes for shelter animals nationwide, is coming up Saturday — but it’s getting an early start this year in Lawrence. Here’s an updated list of pups whose fees are waived ahead of the big day.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
How to unionize your workplace: Lawrence union leaders share tips
Happy Labor Day! The holiday is rooted in the late 19th-century labor movement and honors the sacrifices of workers. We reached out to some Lawrence union leaders and organizers to find out how to go about unionizing a workplace here.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Sept. 2-8, 2024
Here are Jerusalem artichoke blooms, from green flower buds to fully open, pollinated by a sweat bee among its disk flowers.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Revised Lawrence city budget would delay fire station projects, keep mill levy almost flat
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider approving a revised 2025 budget that would delay plans to construct two new fire stations and keep the mill levy almost flat, though residents would still see property tax increases.
Lawrence Lions Alumni Association announces 2024 Hall of Honor inductees
Five Chesty Lions will be inducted into the Lawrence Lions Alumni Association Hall of Honor in October, the organization has announced.
Lawrence Times file photo
‘We’re not just loading people on a bus,’ Lawrence’s homeless solutions director says
Questions have surfaced about the city’s policy to prioritize Douglas County residents with homelessness services — among them, how does someone without an address prove they live here? Here’s more about the policy, its purpose and how it’s played out over the last few months.
Party, silent disco in Lawrence to celebrate local ‘artist-adventurers’ and their open space projects
A party complete with a silent disco in Lawrence will soon celebrate seven “artist-adventurer teams” who created original works documenting adventures in Douglas County’s open lands.
Obituary: Donald Gene Strole
Donald Gene Strole, 2/6/1952 – 8/29/2024
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Need to feed community persists following Just Food’s shortage, fire at meal production center
Thanks to more than 10,000 pounds of food donations in 22 hours, Douglas County’s food bank has bounced back from a severe shortage and a fire at its meal production facility. But the need to feed community members persists, aggressively.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence author collaborates with ledger artist on children’s book celebrating Kiowa storytelling
Collaborating to tell a family’s true story has connected two local creatives who didn’t previously know each other in a way that’s everlasting like the Kiowa people.
LMH Health Fair to offer free and reduced-price medical screenings
LMH Health’s annual Health Fair will give folks a chance to catch up on routine health screenings, get a flu shot and learn from community organizations. Register early to save on a blood panel.
Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis infections
As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Kansas Supreme Court closes valve in protracted dispute on illegal hog-effluent pipeline
A Kansas hog farmer’s campaign to convince the courts he had a right to install a livestock sewage pipeline along a public road in the right-of-way on neighbors’ property without permission has come to an end in state courts.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Pooch Plunge to invite Lawrence pups to go for a splash
It’s that time of year again — all the good doggos are invited to go for a swim before the pool at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center is drained for the year.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
FBI offering reward for info on Lawrence bank robbery
The FBI is offering a reward of “up to $2,000” for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who robbed Bank of America in Lawrence last month.
Abby Bayani-Heitzman
MixMaster Music Conference returning to Lawrence; 2-day event includes health clinic
The Lawrence music scene is preparing to tune into this year’s 11th annual MixMaster Music Conference, expanded to provide a free health clinic for workers in the music industry.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Event set to provide resources to folks living outside in Lawrence
Nearly two dozen service agencies and organizations will be present at an event Tuesday to provide services to people and pets who are living outside in Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Douglas County Commission approves 2025 budget; property tax rate is lower but taxes will increase for some
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved their 2025 budget, which includes a lower property tax rate than the current budget but will still increase taxes for many property owners.
‘Native Fashion’ exhibition to celebrate local Indigenous designers, display richness of cultures
A fashion exhibition dedicated to the “resilience, representation, resistance and relations” of Indigenous community members will soon be on display at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Fire at Chop Shop halts Just Food’s meal production
Just Food has announced its downtown food production services are on a temporary pause due to a fire at its Chop Shop.
Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Grant will allow Lawrence Public Schools to launch a bakery at Pinckney
The Lawrence school district has earned a $100,000 federal grant that will fund a bakery at Community Connections at Pinckney.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
When parking is free, service changes and more for Labor Day weekend in Lawrence
Parking downtown will be free, trash and recycling pickup will be delayed by one day, and more notes to know for Labor Day in Lawrence
Obituary: Joshua Alan Hale
Joshua Alan Hale, 9/7/1990 – 8/31/2023
KU football fans get hyped for first game of the season
Fans of Kansas football gathered to ring in the season, which will begin with the Jayhawks’ matchup against Lindenwood Thursday evening.
