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There are plenty of festivities coming up around Douglas County to do your holiday shopping and support local artists and makers. Here’s a guide to events happening this weekend and in coming weeks.
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Several Free State High School students claimed national awards for reporting, photojournalism and design, and a local journalism instructor netted the National Scholastic Press Association’s highest honor for educators.
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The city will close a block of 9th Street for the Jayhawk Watershed project for several months starting Monday, and an impacted business is asking folks to make the slightly longer trek to their front doors to shop local this season.
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Festival of Trees, with its evergreens bedecked with everything from candy canes to Jayhawks to Christmas movie DVDs, will bring its quirky holiday spirit back to downtown Lawrence this week to benefit The O’Connell Children’s Shelter.
The Kansas attorney general’s office continues to work toward awarding a $10 million contract to a private vendor for deployment of AI and use of security cameras to spot guns in public schools.
The U.S. food industry is being hit hard by tariff policies and rising costs, and families see the effects in the cost of their Thanksgiving meals, according to a leader of the Kansas Farmers Union.
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Limited works by the late Lawrence artist Louis Copt are for sale at a pop-up gallery, and smaller prints will be available at this month’s Final Friday event.
Guzma may share a name with a Pokémon villain, but the only thing he’s focused on catching is hugs.
For several days, the official site of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office hosted links to artificial intelligence deepfake software, financial scams and adult sites.
The City of Lawrence has announced Susie Carson as the new director of economic development. She has more than 15 years of experience economic development and chamber leadership roles, according to the city.
