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Lawrence native Catherine Bell grew up with 10 siblings, but she was the only one to take up her mom’s passion for sewing and fashion design. Now she’s passing the torch — or needle — to the kids she’s had under her wing since 2019, when she started teaching sewing classes under the name Sew Simple Sewing.
The violence and neglect suffered by inmates at a pre-trial detention facility in Leavenworth has become so severe the facility should be shut down, a group of civil rights leaders and public defenders wrote in a letter to officials in Kansas and Washington, D.C.
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River Rat Skate Shop has teamed up with Lawrence Parks and Recreation for the first time, and they’re planning a big event with lots of prizes to give out.
Salina Rep. Steven Howe was among Republican conservatives in the Kansas House skeptical about COVID-19 vaccines, but encouragement of trusted friends and family convinced him to accept Pfizer’s vaccine in August.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital has joined a growing number of hospitals and health systems that are requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
All faculty and staff of Haskell Indian Nations University must get the COVID-19 vaccine under a federal mandate issued Thursday.
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The family of Cassandra Rose Anderson, 23, has started an online fundraiser to help with funeral expenses for the young mother.
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East Lawrence’s beloved Wishing Bench was brought back to life Thursday.
Updated to add video: Lawrence police were investigating Thursday after a reported altercation involving signs near an elementary school, where an anti-mask protester and pro-mask counter-protesters have been stationed often since school began last month.
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The KU Health System is requiring COVID-19 vaccinations of all employees, students, contractors and volunteers, becoming the third area hospital system to do so. It’s giving workers until Dec. 1 to get vaccinated.
