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Obituary: Nickolas Albrecht Zacharias
Nickolas Albrecht Zacharias, 9/25/1984 – 4/2/2025
Kaw Valley Almanac for April 21-27, 2025
Native prairies are beginning to show their treasures, including the yellow star-grass and the purple prairie violet. Both have leaves designed to thrive in the sunnier, windier and drier prairie environment.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
French-inspired restaurant and bar set to open soon in East Lawrence
Sable Kitchen & Bar, Jeffrey Ward’s new French-inspired restaurant in East Lawrence serving fresh cuisine, traditional wines and rustic ambience, is set to open soon.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence community members help clean up Kaw riverbanks, celebrate Earth Day
Community members gathered for annual events Saturday to help clean up the banks of the Kansas River, and to learn more about their natural surroundings and how to sustain them.
Kansas abortion clinics saw sizable majority of clients from out of state in 2024
More than 70% of abortions performed in 2024 in Kansas were for out-of-state residents, according to monthly estimates of clinician-provided abortions in states without total bans.
Obituary: Doris Maxine Guggisberg
Doris Maxine Guggisberg, 8/4/1927 – 4/17/2025
Cuyler Dunn / Lawrence Times
KU students to share stories at town hall in support of gender-inclusive housing
Residents of Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall at KU will hold a town hall Monday evening for students to share testimonies of how gender-inclusive housing has helped them feel safer on campus.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Owner plans to demolish East Lawrence building amid ongoing court case
A Lawrence developer says he’s now forced to demolish an old stone building in East Lawrence because of a parking-related lawsuit filed by the owner of properties across the street.
Lawrence police to conduct saturation patrol on 4/20
The Lawrence Police Department will have extra officers out looking for impaired drivers on Sunday, April 20.
Lawrence Historic Resources Commission denies revised plans for downtown row houses
Lawrence’s Historic Resource Commission on Thursday voted 2-2 against a plan to build 15 row houses next to the former Borders book store downtown. The developers can appeal the denial.
Former corrections workers battle CoreCivic opening Leavenworth ICE detention center
Leavenworth citizens and others from across the state have stepped forward to protest CoreCivic’s plan to reopen as an ICE detention facility, speaking out through public rallies and at city meetings.
Obituary: Robin Ann Holladay
Robin Ann Holladay, 8/6/1956 – 4/15/2025
Kansas will carve out religious vaccine exemptions as it eases some child care regulations
Gov. Laura Kelly says she will sign a bill aimed at improving access to child care and other early childhood services. But some health experts are concerned about a provision codifying religious exemptions for vaccines required at day cares.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Roads to close in Old West Lawrence for Jayhawk watershed project
A few blocks of Tennessee Street and Eighth Street will be closed starting Monday for continuing work on the Jayhawk watershed project.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawsuit alleges Lawrence plastic surgery patients’ medical files, photos were accessed by unauthorized health care worker
A class action lawsuit alleges that an unauthorized physical therapist employed by KU Health repeatedly accessed the private medical records and photos of 425 Lawrence Memorial Hospital patients over the span of two years.
Douglas County declares state of emergency for grass fires that are now contained
Douglas County commissioners declared a state of local disaster emergency for the county because of two large grass fires that were under control as of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Kansas judge tosses death penalty challenge but says capital punishment is flawed
A Wyandotte County judge agreed with criticisms of the death penalty, but he said the case was invalid because both defendants no longer face capital punishment.
Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Watkins Museum exhibit to showcase 75 years of Bert Nash in Douglas County
A new exhibit at Watkins Museum of History will take visitors through Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center’s history since its inception in 1950.
Funding freeze could slam Kansas classrooms, but state officials have asked feds to reverse course
A directive from the U.S. Department of Education immediately froze more than $22 million in federal funding meant to help Kansas students recover from pandemic-era learning loss.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
60 Minutes to feature local scientists, Monarch Watch
Monarch Watch and local conservationists are scheduled to appear on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening, giving a national audience the chance to witness contributions Chip Taylor and other scientists have made to the study of the butterflies.
Obituary: Frank Washburn Edwards
Frank Washburn Edwards, 1/20/1935 – 4/12/2025
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence police chief shares new data reports, outcomes from community meetings
Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart shared with city commissioners on Tuesday how the department is trying to improve community relations. He provided new data and said crime is down, yet the fear of crime is up in some areas.
Lawrence City Commission general public comment for April 15, 2025
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
Performers to take the stage at KU all-star drag showcase
KU students and Kansas City entertainers will join for an evening of dazzling drag performances in Lawrence.
