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A view of Lawrence: Storm clouds roll into town
Strong thunderstorms rolled into Lawrence quickly Tuesday morning.
Illustration by Kansas Reflector
Clay Wirestone: Disinformation caucus of Kansas GOP spreads dangerous falsehoods about COVID (Column)
“Elected officials owe their constituents more than representation. They owe them the truth,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Jeff Colyer diagnosed with prostate cancer, ends campaign for Kansas governor
TOPEKA — Jeff Colyer announced Monday he was ending his campaign for Kansas governor and […]
The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for Aug. 31, 2021 (Sponsored post)
Making their debuts this week are not one but two locally published, neighborhood-focused nonfiction projects, covering East Lawrence and Old West Lawrence.
Kay Emerson / Contributed Photo
Lawrence Arts Center to require full COVID-19 vaccination for staff, program participants
The Lawrence Arts Center will require full vaccination for all staff, faculty and contractors, adult program participants and audience members ages 12 and up, according to an announcement from the CEO Monday evening.
Lucie Krisman / The Lawrence Times
For longtime hobbyist musicians, new instruments strike a chord
Over the last year and a half, the consistency of learning a new instrument has helped some Lawrence musicians in more ways than one.
Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
Incomplete data renders audit of Kansas mental health and substance abuse programs inconclusive
State legislative auditors say data gaps and broad definitions limited the conclusions and recommendations they could provide in a recent review of Kansas’ most common mental health and substance abuse programs.
Fund aims to help tenants get housing by incentivizing Lawrence, Douglas County landlords
A new fund from the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority aims to reduce high barriers for people to get housing by spurring landlords to loosen some screening requirements and agree to lease their units.
Kansas mother grapples with ‘sucker punch’ of 4-year-old’s COVID-19 infection
Jenna Sutter Brown’s 4-year-old daughter couldn’t sleep last week. Hazel had bad congestion, a barking cough, a fever, and allergy-like symptoms. Her parents didn’t yet know the girl had COVID-19.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2021
As the Dog Days of summer slip away, here is a picture of a Sun Dog Day, taken on Sunday, with mini-rainbow bright spots to the right and left of the setting sun. Sun Dogs are caused by sunlight reflecting off ice crystals in cirrus clouds formed by an isolated thunderstorm that injected moisture into the stratosphere.
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The To Do List! from The Lawrence Juice – Aug. 29-Sept. 12, 2021
Some highlights in this To Do List: Grand reopening of KSPHQ; a museum exhibition on John Brown debuts; a haunting photo exhibition opens; and a delicious new podcast.
Getting married next month? Apply for your marriage license today
If you’re getting married in September and you need a Kansas marriage license, the time to apply for it is right now.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Photo gallery: First annual Kaw River Roots Festival draws crowd to downtown Lawrence
More than two dozen bands and musical artists — including headliners The Travelin’ McCourys, who won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2019 — came to Lawrence this weekend for the first annual Kaw River Roots Festival.
Birdie Alt: City of Lawrence must prioritize creating a climate plan (Column)
“The Lawrence City Commission needs to refocus on creating and implementing the Climate Action Plan before expanding Lawrence,” Birdie Alt writes in this column.
Photo by MChe Lee on Unsplash
Lawrence school district declines to give details on students, staff in quarantines
As COVID-19 case counts rise just a week into the school year, students in Lawrence schools have been directed to isolate after potential exposure to the virus. That’s problematic for learning — and for students who need meals.
Watkins Museum of History
Watkins Museum exhibition to spotlight abolitionist John Brown
A new traveling exhibition on abolitionist John Brown will make its debut at Lawrence’s Watkins Museum of History next Saturday.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
House leader warned of ‘mask madness’ in Kansas schools, downplayed risk of COVID-19 to kids
The number of Kansas children who are getting sick — especially in districts where masks are not required — is forcing school officials to rethink their approach.
Evergy’s Kansas customers with solar panels will get refund for unconstitutional fees
Evergy customers with solar panels on their homes will get refunds in the coming weeks for the unconstitutional charges the electric utility required them to pay.
Juvenile justice reformers seek return of $21M cut from Kansas intervention program fund
Juvenile justice reformers pleaded for reversal of a decision by Kansas lawmakers to divert $21 million earmarked for community intervention programs and recommended allocation of more funding to innovative grassroots organizations involved in projects to diminish incarceration of children.
David Sloan / The Lawrence Juice
Customers make challenges of COVID-19 pandemic bearable for owners of 1313 Mockingbird Lane
Through navigating COVID-19 as both healthcare workers and small business owners, the toy store’s regular customers have made things easier for the owners of 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
Stephan Bisaha / Kansas News Service
Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is a doctor, but his COVID-19 advice doesn’t sound like it
Sen. Roger Marshall keeps telling Kansans to talk to their doctors about being vaccinated, but the advice he gives from his partisan platform as a doctor often doesn’t match with recommendations from other health experts.
Jordan Winter / The Lawrence Times
Family-owned Evelin’s Auto Care shifts gears into a new niche
Evelin’s Auto Care, known for its wash, wax and detailing services, is tucked away in a corner off Sixth and Minnesota streets. It’s a small shop, but it’s named after someone even smaller.
KU / August Rudisell
KU announces next leader of Dole Institute of Politics
Erica Terry, “a seasoned executive leader who has guided some of the region’s most respected organizations,” has been selected as director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the University of Kansas announced Thursday.
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Longtime occupational therapist earns grant for learning path at Quail Run Elementary
As Lawrence school district staff prepped indoors for the new school year, Occupational Therapist Karen Lassman painted a vibrant outdoor classroom on Quail Run Elementary’s east playground.
