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Education January 14, 2023 - 3:24 pm

Retirees, alumni ‘come home’ for MLK celebration at Billy Mills Middle School

by Tricia Masenthin

Betty Norwood’s smile radiated Friday at the school where she taught for 24 years. She watched as staff, middle schoolers and parents assembled for a schoolwide celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — an annual event Norwood is credited with starting more than three decades ago.

Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life October 27, 2022 - 2:35 pm

Dana Dyer and his Half-Acre of Fear await visitors

by Chansi Long

The cluster of gravestones jutting from Dana Dyer’s backyard beckon you to stop as you drive by. 

Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life October 15, 2022 - 12:39 am

KU unveils national championship banner at Late Night in the Phog

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

The Kansas Jayhawks and a few thousand of their biggest fans got another opportunity to celebrate their national championship victory Friday night as they unveiled the 2022 banner in Allen Fieldhouse.

Carter Gaskins / The Lawrence Times
Arts & Events May 7, 2022 - 9:19 pm

Photos: Food Truck Festival returns to Lawrence

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

The Kansas Food Truck Festival returned to Lawrence Saturday with global cuisine, live entertainment and an art market to help support Just Food, the Douglas County food bank.

Carter Gaskins / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life April 10, 2022 - 6:18 pm

National champions on parade: Jayhawks celebrate with thousands of their biggest fans

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

Thousands of KU fans flocked to Mass Street Sunday afternoon to watch and celebrate the national champion Jayhawks in a parade that traveled more than a mile and a half.

Carter Gaskins / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 9, 2022 - 11:31 pm

Get hyped! More photos of Monday night’s magic ahead of Sunday’s championship parade

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

KU fans: As promised, here are more photos capturing the joy that erupted downtown after the Jayhawks’ remarkable comeback. Remember Mass Street closes at 3 a.m. and the parade starts at 2 p.m.

Carter Gaskins/The Lawrence Times
Arts & Events January 29, 2022 - 7:56 pm

Photos: ‘Indigenous Space’ exhibit opens at Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

Community members gathered Saturday for an event celebrating the opening of “Indigenous Space,” the inaugural exhibition of the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery inside Chalmers Hall at KU.

Lawrence Life August 6, 2021 - 1:59 am

KU basketball stars play in Rock Chalk Roundball Classic to help kids with cancer

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

Many familiar Jayhawk faces showed up for a showdown at Lawrence’s Free State High School Thursday night, all to support families touched by childhood cancer.

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Arts & Events April 2, 2021 - 3:57 pm

Photo gallery: Lawrence’s ‘Nick the Brave’ featured in book signing for his memoir on childhood cancer

by Photos by Carter Gaskins

Nicholas Parscale, of Lawrence, was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 10 in 2016. He hasn’t let that stop him from becoming a podcast host and a published author.

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