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Lawrence’s Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade canceled because of horse virus outbreak
The Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade has been canceled this year because of an outbreak of equine herpesvirus affecting horses in multiple states, according to parade organizers.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
City of Lawrence’s 2025 Phoenix Award winners announced
Recipients of the city’s 2025 Phoenix Awards for service, creativity and dedication to the arts in Lawrence are a local blacksmith, an advocate for Indigenous arts, a volunteer and three others.
Woman killed in crash on East 23rd Street in Lawrence
A Lawrence woman was killed in a “near head-on crash” Monday evening on East 23rd Street, according to the police department.
USDA prepares to reveal relief plan that could help Kansas farmers facing uncertainty
The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the agency would roll out a relief plan for the country’s agriculture sector in December, offering potential good news in a year of uncertainty for Kansans.
Lawrence Lights, a festive fundraiser for local nonprofits, opens soon
Lawrence Lights, a drive-thru holiday light extravaganza benefiting local nonprofits, will open this week.
Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Here are Lawrence-area restaurants that will be open on Thanksgiving, plus info on some free meals
Here are the restaurants in and around Lawrence that have confirmed that they’ll be open Thanksgiving day, plus where to get a free holiday meal.
Obituary: Margaret Jean (Smith) Arnold
Margaret Jean (Smith) Arnold, 4/17/1934 – 11/22/2025
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
When parking is free, when trash pickup is delayed and more Thanksgiving holiday notes
Here’s info on when parking downtown is free, when trash pickup will be delayed, what’s closed when and more for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Lawrence.
Obituary: Wilma Stratton Rife
Wilma Stratton Rife, 9/15/1928 – 11/16/2025
Kaw Valley Almanac for Nov. 24-30, 2025
This squirrel is giving thanks to one of the hedge trees that has provided a bounteous supply of hedge apples this year.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Douglas County launches Indigenous Food Systems Study and Action Plan
Douglas County has launched an Indigenous-led food systems plan aimed at strengthening, celebrating and restoring the Native food traditions that have shaped this community for generations.
Death penalty skeptics in Kansas seize ‘pro-life,’ high cost, wrongful conviction arguments
Rep. Bill Sutton’s opposition to the death penalty was conceived through Catholic faith, magnified by conservative wariness of government and molded into a cause during more than a decade of service to the Kansas House.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Dragon’s Hoard gets a bigger den: Impassioned hobbyists are the wind beneath this Lawrence game store’s wings
As businesses throughout Lawrence close due to plummeting revenue and skyrocketing rents, The Dragon’s Hoard, with its free-to-use play spaces and safe space ethos, has roosted in a larger den thanks to a fiercely loyal community of gamers and hobbyists.
Newest addition to Kansas Supreme Court promises to be the justice all Kansans deserve
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Larkin Walsh is not in her seat because of a predetermined plan or politics. She is there because of people, she said in her first moments after being formally sworn in Friday as the state’s newest justice.
Lawrence, Douglas County law enforcement to boost seat belt enforcement over Thanksgiving week
The Lawrence Police Department and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will have enhanced patrols to boost enforcement of seat belt usage over the next week.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence holiday lighting, Santa rescue coming up: Will the jolly man get stuck again?
Despite his expertise with high-flying reindeer and tight chimney squeezes, Santa has a bad habit of getting stranded on top of the Weaver’s Department Store, and Lawrencians are waiting with bated breath to see if it will happen again this year.
Obituary: Elizabeth ‘Liz’ (De la Cruz) Romero
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ (De la Cruz) Romero, 12/3/1933 – 11/19/2025
Sierra Club sues federal agency over decision to fast-track new power projects
An environmental organization is challenging a federal decision that allows the Southwest Power Pool to fast-track applications to bring new utility generation online.
Obituary: Shirley Ann Tarpy
Shirley Ann Tarpy, 4/10/1938 – 11/16/2025
Obituary: Angeline (Angie) Mae Fishburn
Angeline (Angie) Mae Fishburn, 4/30/1931 – 11/18/2025
Obituary: John (Sean) Joseph Monaghan Jr.
John (Sean) Joseph Monaghan Jr., 1/12/1948 – 11/18/2025
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
‘Our lives are not disposable’: Lawrence mourns, builds community power at vigil for transgender lives lost to violence
Lawrence community members read the names and stories of all the known transgender people lost to transphobic violence in the U.S. this year. As they detailed the hobbies, friends, professions and passions, partners and pets of those who died, no one was allowed to fade away as a statistic.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence board again defers approval of markers to honor teens killed by police in 1970
A city advisory board has again deferred approving historic markers to pay tribute to Rick “Tiger” Dowdell and Nick Rice, teens who were shot and killed by Lawrence police officers in 1970 — but the end is in sight.
Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews
The Kansas Board of Regents is preparing to vote on faculty tenure policy recommendations that set academic workload expectations and require rigorous post-tenure reviews of professors at the state’s six public universities.
