Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
La’Ron Williams clinches second place in Kansas Youth of the Year competition
Free State High School senior La’Ron Williams has won second place in the 2024 Boys & Girls Club Kansas Youth of the Year competition.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU’s History of Black Writing project celebrates more than 4 decades of preserving Black literature
Certainly Black writers have always contributed to American literature, Maryemma Graham recalls thinking during her college class one day in 1972. That day, a seed was planted that would become the History of Black Writing.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence High’s Maya Smith earns Kansas Student Journalist of the Year award
Lawrence High School senior Maya Smith was named the state’s top student journalist Wednesday by the Kansas Scholastic Press Association.
KU student creates mural for Lawrence Gymnastics Academy preschoolers
Artist and KU student Caitlyn Howard says she drew too big as a kid. But that came in handy when she created her first mural, in Lawrence Gymnastics Academy’s preschool room.
Southwest Middle School team heading to Future City international finals
A team of Southwest Middle School eighth graders have earned a trip to Washington, D.C. next month to compete in the Future City international finals.
Free State High School wins 2nd place, $25K prize in Battle of the Brains
A group of Free State High School students have taken second place and won a $25,000 prize in a contest to envision a new exhibit at Science City.
Lawrence writer, Baldwin City poet win 2024 Langston Hughes Creative Writing awards
Fiction writer Kimberlee Bethany Bonura and poet Darwin Michener-Rutledge have been named the 2024 Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award recipients.
Free State High School brings home hardware from debate state championship
For the third straight year, Free State High School took home a trophy from the four-speaker debate state championship, adding to their status as one of the best speech and debate schools in the country.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence middle schoolers encouraged to use their voices for good at MLK tribute
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
Dalmatian celebrated as a hero for alerting owner to teen trapped in truck
A Douglas County dog is credited with alerting her owner to a crash and helping to save a 16-year-old boy.
Top Posts & Pages
