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Lawrence Life January 13, 2024 - 8:25 pm

‘This is grassroots organizing’: Lawrence community members make, collect donations to help neighbors stay warm

by Molly Adams

Huge bags of blankets, sweaters and other donations — including some items crafted during the makers session and supply drive Saturday at Art Love Collective — are on their way to help keep Lawrence community members warm. 

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education January 13, 2024 - 2:40 pm

Lawrence middle schoolers encouraged to use their voices for good at MLK tribute

by Tricia Masenthin

Voices from the past, present and future converged Friday at Billy Mills Middle School to share messages of empowerment, community and courage in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life January 11, 2024 - 7:18 pm

Dalmatian celebrated as a hero for alerting owner to teen trapped in truck

by Mackenzie Clark

A Douglas County dog is credited with alerting her owner to a crash and helping to save a 16-year-old boy. 

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news January 5, 2024 - 6:19 pm

A look inside the Village, Lawrence’s community to help people recover from homelessness

by Mackenzie Clark

Fifty small cabins will soon be available to help Lawrence community members experiencing homelessness — specifically veterans, domestic violence survivors, older and disabled people — recover and secure housing.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Environment January 4, 2024 - 3:23 pm

Prescribed burn near Naismith Park will spark future growth at pocket prairie

by Tricia Masenthin

A symphony of fire and flame enveloped a frosty Monarch Waystation on Thursday morning in south-central Lawrence. The purposeful fire was part of a carefully orchestrated plan to encourage biodiversity outside the home of Dena Podrebarac and Heidi Rios.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life December 30, 2023 - 2:34 pm

Group to begin project to clean headstones at Haskell cemetery

by Molly Adams

Moss and lichen are beginning to eat away at the marble headstones of the children buried at Haskell Indian Nations University, but they will soon be cleaned with care.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Health December 23, 2023 - 4:54 pm

Grant boosts access to addiction treatment at Heartland Community Health Center

by Tricia Masenthin

For more than a decade, Eden lived each day trapped in a vicious cycle. Today, she’s celebrating 28 months of recovery with the help of medication-assisted treatment at Heartland Community Health Center.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events December 20, 2023 - 12:43 pm

‘Each one of us has a special purpose’: Lawrence poet, storyteller teaches about Kwanzaa

by Maya Hodison

People are better when working together, Lawrence poet and storyteller Tai Amri Spann-Ryan told children and families in attendance at a Kwanzaa storytime at the library.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education December 19, 2023 - 5:35 pm

Caleb Rahmeier wins $5K teaching prize from Lawrence Schools Foundation

by Tricia Masenthin

West Middle School celebrated paraprofessional Caleb Rahmeier on Tuesday with the Dedication to Education award and a $5,000 prize.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events December 16, 2023 - 8:45 pm

Lawrence’s first Inclusive Holiday Market draws crowd to more than 100 vendors

by Maya Hodison

Shoppers on Saturday turned out to support 107 diverse art and food vendors during the first Inclusive Holiday Market in Lawrence. 

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