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Free Christmas meals available in Lawrence, Eudora
Annual community Christmas dinners are coming up in Lawrence and Eudora, and all are welcome.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Free Christmas meals available in Lawrence, Eudora
Annual community Christmas dinners are coming up in Lawrence and Eudora, and all are welcome.
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Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence potter’s ‘Cup of Roe’ fundraiser for Vote No Kansas quickly exceeds goal
Catie Walter said she’s “been pretty angry for a while.” To channel her anger into something positive, she turned to her hobby of pottery and started a fundraiser she’s calling Cup of Roe.
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Mi Ranchito dismisses rumors that it’s closing Lawrence location, despite Whataburger plans
Mi Ranchito, a family-owned Mexican restaurant, survived the pandemic with support from a loyal customer base. But now its owners are struggling with a new challenge: shutting down rumors that the Lawrence location is closing.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Abortion bans continue to reinforce colonization of Indigenous people, community leaders say
Indigenous community members at a panel event Thursday discussed the history that lies below the surface of recent abortion bans — including mass sterilization in the 1960s and 70s — and how Indigenous people will be overwhelmingly affected by the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Amplify Lawrence showcase coming up this weekend
The talented teens of this year’s Amplify Lawrence rock band camp will make their onstage debut Saturday.
KU Info, dubbed ‘Google before Google,’ closes its doors after more than 50 years
After more than half a century, 785-864-3506 no longer directs a dialer to the answer for any question they could have about the University of Kansas.
Sustainability Advisory Board sends plastic bag ban on to Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence’s Sustainability Advisory Board voted unanimously today to approve an ordinance banning establishments from using single-use plastic bags. The ordinance will go on to the city commission for consideration.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Tragic Comedy to center queer, femme, BIPOC comedians in Lawrence
A new comedy troupe in town is bringing parody, musicals, sketch comedy, and standup in a space with room for all who love comedy to showcase their authentic selves and their jokes.
Paola man sentenced to 27 months for hate crime against Black boy
A Paola man was sentenced Wednesday to just more than two years in federal prison for threatening a Black boy with a knife and telling him he was in a “white town.”
Lawrence’s Sustainability Advisory Board to consider plastic bag ban; special meeting is Thursday
The city’s Sustainability Advisory Board on Thursday will hold a special meeting to discuss a draft ordinance that would prohibit establishments from providing or selling single-use disposable plastic bags.
3 people injured, dog OK after crash; eastbound 23rd Street closed for investigation
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday on 23rd Street between O’Connell and Franklin roads, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Free meals for all students will end in August; Lawrence school board to set meal prices
Some families will need to add school meals into their back-to-school budgets as the federal program that provides free food for all students ends in August.
More road construction to start Tuesday: 19th and Alabama; 23rd and Naismith
The city will soon start two more construction projects that will require road closures over the next few months. Here are the details.
KDOT to hold open house to discuss changes to Wakarusa/K-10 interchange
The community is invited to a meeting to learn about planned changes to the Wakarusa interchange with Kansas Highway 10.
Lawrence City Commission submits to state law, strikes immigrant protections from sanctuary ordinance
Lawrence city commissioners approved changes to the city’s sanctuary ordinance on Tuesday, stripping it of some protections for immigrants, to fall in line with state law.
Lawrence High student wins $10K scholarship to support her dream of becoming a restaurateur
Victoria Bell remembers peanut butter cookies and cornbread as the first recipes she ever made by herself. Now, as a rising high school senior, she can see her dream career of one day owning a restaurant or bakery in close reach.
