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‘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.
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Kaw Valley Almanac for April 24-30, 2023
The buckeye is found in native oak hickory woodlands in the eastern third of the state and is now blooming. These pretty flowers will eventually produce hard black buckeye seeds that some people keep in their pockets for good luck.
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Lawrence school board to consider new elementary boundaries, hear report on 4-day weeks
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider approving new elementary boundaries for next year and hear a report on four-day weeks for students.
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Lawrencians enjoy crafts, s’mores, educational activities and more during Earth Day Fair
Community members braved the chilly weather Saturday afternoon to attend the Earth Day Fair in South Park. Twenty organizations from Lawrence and beyond offered free crafts and educational activities for kids and adults alike.
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A moment in Lawrence: Sertoma Club distributes funds raised from holiday light display
The Lawrence Sertoma Club on Wednesday presented checks for $5,000 to four community organizations. The money was raised from the drive-thru holiday light display, Lawrence Lights – Making Spirits Bright.
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No Kansas Food Truck Festival this year; organizers working on 2024 event
The Kansas Food Truck Festival will not be held this year, but organizers are working with the city and partners to bring the popular fundraising event back in summer 2024.
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Free State senior named recipient of 2023 Princeton Prize in Race Relations
Free State High School senior Wendo Kimori has received a prestigious award that recognizes young leaders pushing toward racial equity in their communities.
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Owners of South American market to sell fresh food at their first popup event
The owners of a new local cafe and market, La Celeste, will debut their South American cuisine Sunday in Lawrence at their first popup event.
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Lawrence event to focus on relationship violence prevention
An event Monday in Lawrence will aim to educate middle schoolers, high schoolers and adults about dating and relationship violence and what can be done to prevent it.
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Verbal Transformations event on Earth Day to feature poetry fair, open mic and numerous performers
Members of B.L.A.C.K. Lawrence and area Kansas Authors Club poets invite the community to celebrate National Poetry Month, Earth Day and more during an event Saturday called Verbal Transformations.
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Willow Domestic Violence Center director has left her role; Jessica Beeson serving as interim director
Megan Harrison (formerly Stuke) has left her position as director of the Willow Domestic Violence Center, and Jessica Beeson has taken on the role on an interim basis.
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Historic Resources Commission approves marker honoring Margaret ‘Sis’ Vinegar
A city board on Thursday voted in favor of a plan to place a historical marker in honor of Margaret “Sis” Vinegar, a young Black woman who, at age 14 in 1882, survived a sexual assault by a white man but died in prison at age 20 after being wrongly convicted of the man’s murder.
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Author Doron Kornbluth to lead Lawrence discussion on Jewish approach to end-of-life issues
Internationally recognized author and speaker Doron Kornbluth will be in Lawrence on Sunday to discuss the Jewish approach to burial, cremation and end-of-life issues.
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Lawrence library’s ‘Left Between the Pages’ exhibition offers unique snapshots of community
Lawrence Public Library staff members have collected items left between the pages of books over the years — notes, postcards, photographs and more — and synthesized them into collages that are currently on display.
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Lawrence school district committee settles on final recommended boundaries
The district’s committee for school boundary planning on Wednesday settled on a final recommendation to the school board that keeps Deerfield students from being transferred to Woodlawn, requires some Hillcrest students to change schools and more.
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Thousands of applicants still waiting for energy assistance in Kansas
Almost 30,000 Kansans are still waiting to find out whether they’ll receive Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) funds. For some people, that’s meant accruing credit card debt or sacrificing medical care to keep the heat on.