Latest in Lawrence Life
Round up your unneeded and expired meds; Drug Take Back Day is coming up
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will be collecting expired and unused prescription and over-the-counter medications from the public outside the Douglas County Courthouse this Saturday.
Free State sweeps speech and debate national qualifier; Lawrence High qualifies 7
Free State High School’s forensics team dominated the speech and debate national qualifier, winning all four sweepstakes awards and seeing nine students punch their tickets to the national tournament. Lawrence High qualified seven students for nationals.
KU to host cousin of Emmett Till; livestream of public talk will be available
The cousin and childhood best friend of Emmett Till will speak at a KU event this week. The talk will be livestreamed.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Fashion show spotlights Indigenous designers at Haskell
Indigenous talent, resilience and resistance were on display Saturday during Haskell’s first fashion show, “Indigenous Couture Goes Vogue.”
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence storytellers present digitized projects on homelessness, police brutality, Black joy
Suppressed experiences of marginalized communities — such as Lawrence’s unhoused people — have been brought to light by local storytellers.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
New restaurant and bar with ‘rustic French roots’ coming to East Lawrence
A new French-inspired restaurant, Sable Kitchen & Bar, is set to open this summer in East Lawrence.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
New gallery space connects KU students to East Lawrence arts district
KU art students have a new gallery in the East Lawrence arts district that positions them to bridge a gap with the broader arts community as they learn about the management side of their work.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Retail center under construction at 23rd and Inverness could become home to food, child care and more
Work has begun on a long-planned development that aims to offer a handful of food and retail options at the corner of Clinton Parkway and Inverness Drive starting later this year.
KU music student selected for Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship
Taylor Zickefoose, a KU School of Music student, has been selected from among applicants worldwide as one of two rising talents who will participate in the inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriting Fellowship.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Workshop to invite public input on future of Robinson Park in Lawrence
Following the Sacred Red Rock’s move to the Kaw Nation, the future of Robinson Park, ways it’s accessed and stories it should represent moving forward will be decided with community input.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Indian taco sale to raise funds for Haskell student who had a stroke at KU Powwow
An upcoming Indian taco sale will support the family of 22-year-old Haskell student Corrin Lamere, who suffered a severe stroke at a powwow Saturday that has left her unable to speak.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Kansas River Cleanup, Earth Day Fair and more events to return to Lawrence
The 10th annual Kansas River Cleanup is coming up Saturday morning, to be followed by the Lawrence Earth Day Fair. Here’s info on those and more events to celebrate the earth.
Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
If our local journalism matters to you, please help us keep doing this work.
