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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.
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Military aircraft will fly over Lawrence, and a road near the stadium will be closed for the KU football game against the University of Utah on Friday.
The Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade has been canceled this year because of an outbreak of equine herpesvirus affecting horses in multiple states, according to parade organizers.
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Recipients of the city’s 2025 Phoenix Awards for service, creativity and dedication to the arts in Lawrence are a local blacksmith, an advocate for Indigenous arts, a volunteer and three others.
