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Kaw Valley Almanac for Dec. 8-14, 2025
There’s a certain beauty to the patterns and colors of prairie grasses this time of year. Look carefully and you’ll see red, yellow and orange seeds and green rosettes of next year’s growth.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Dec. 8-14, 2025
There’s a certain beauty to the patterns and colors of prairie grasses this time of year. Look carefully and you’ll see red, yellow and orange seeds and green rosettes of next year’s growth.
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Lawrence school district names next principal of New York Elementary and Montessori
The Lawrence school district has selected Brian Workman, currently an instructional coach at Cordley Elementary, as next principal of New York Elementary and Montessori School.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Deputy DA Seiden no longer working in DA’s office; preliminary hearing in murder case delayed
Joshua Seiden is no longer employed as deputy Douglas County district attorney, and a preliminary hearing in a murder case set for Monday was continued after a closed-door meeting in Douglas County District Court.
Heat advisory in effect Monday and Tuesday in Lawrence; watch for signs of heat-related illness
A heat advisory will be in effect noon Monday through 8 p.m. Tuesday in Lawrence and Douglas County because of dangerously high heat indices and little overnight relief in the forecast.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
New director opens Lawrence Community Shelter as weather emergency shelter during 100-degree days
As the season’s first heat advisory goes into effect Monday and temps hit 100°, people living outside will be able to seek refuge at the Lawrence Community Shelter. That’s one of many changes under the new director’s watch.
Kaw Valley Almanac for June 24-30, 2024
This Snowberry clearwing, a member of the sphinx moth family, is attracted by the beautiful purple prairie clover flower found blooming in area prairies this time of year.
Free State debate duo nabs 3rd at nationals in coach’s last season
Sophie Racy and Connor Brown placed third in the nation in policy debate and Free State was named a top-20 school nationwide at the National Speech and Debate Tournament, closing out coach Kelly Thompson’s teaching career.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Consent agenda, executive session on contract negotiations scheduled for Lawrence school board meeting
The agenda for Monday’s school board meeting includes a slew of consent agenda items, such as panic buttons for Broken Arrow, as well as a closed-door session on employee contract negotiations.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
‘They never forgot their Grandfather’: Sacred Red Rock reunited with Kaw people, Kaw land
Nearly 400 people attended a rematriation celebration Saturday at the Sacred Red Rock’s new home: on Kaw land at Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park near Council Grove.
Jordan Winter/Lawrence Times
Jody’s Market, a downtown Lawrence microgrocery store, set to open in July
Downtown Lawrence hasn’t been home to a grocery store in recent memory, but Reanna Slagle wants to close that gap. She plans to open Jody’s Market, a microgrocery store geared toward pedestrians, during the first week of July.
‘From any position, a person can lead’: Black Kansans to discuss civic engagement at Lawrence brunch
As part of a statewide leadership series, Black Kansans will soon convene in Lawrence in hopes of empowering one another.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Split Lip Rayfield reunites at Kaw River Roots Festival in Lawrence
A Lawrence crowd welcomed Split Lip Rayfield as the band performed together for the first time since 2019 on Friday night at the fourth annual Kaw River Roots Festival.
Lane Rozin/Lawrence Times
Community members flock to downtown Lawrence for Midsummer Night on Mass
Lawrence community members showed up in droves Friday afternoon and evening for the second annual Midsummer Night on Mass.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
African American quilt convention in Lawrence reveals quilt from Georgia plantation; exhibit open at Watkins Museum
“To me, it symbolizes freedom – how they broke out like birds,” Lawrence quilter and historian Marla Jackson said of an 1800s quilt believed to be made by a Black person who was enslaved.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
City to close New Hampshire Street at 6th Street through mid-September
Beginning Monday, city contractors will close New Hampshire Street at Sixth Street to start work on the next phase of the ongoing construction on Sixth.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
‘Better days ahead’: Haskell student who had stroke during powwow returns home
Corrin Lamere, a 22-year-old Haskell student who suffered a severe stroke at the KU powwow that left her unable to speak or move one side of her body, has returned home.
