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Lawrence fifth graders Esther Kong and Sarah Song took their STEAM project on the road last week and scored big by bringing home the Core Values Award from the FIRST LEGO League Challenge in Houston, Texas.
Free State High School’s forensics team dominated the speech and debate national qualifier, winning all four sweepstakes awards and seeing nine students punch their tickets to the national tournament. Lawrence High qualified seven students for nationals.
Taylor Zickefoose, a KU School of Music student, has been selected from among applicants worldwide as one of two rising talents who will participate in the inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriting Fellowship.
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If Lawrence Humane Society pets could sing and play instruments, what would their songs sound like? Emily Boedeker has some ideas and she’s creating tunes to bring attention to the shelter’s longest residents.
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Lawrence booksellers want to make it “perfectly clear” they support youths who are “perfectly queer.”
University of Kansas juniors Cecilia Paranjothi, of Lawrence, and Kit Savoy, of Olathe, have been chosen as Goldwater Scholars.
The Lawrence Times news team has been honored with six Awards of Excellence from the Kansas Press Association, including second place Photographer of the Year and third place Journalist of the Year.
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The KU debate duo of Graham Revare and William Soper finished second in the country in policy debate Monday at the 78th National Debate Tournament.
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Gov. Laura Kelly’s signature is now all that’s missing for Kathy’s Bill to become law. It’s been a long time coming for the Lawrence self-advocate who brought it to life, Kathy Lobb.
During an upcoming ceremony, community members will be planting an orchard of fruit trees at the Lawrence Public Library and serenading it into life.
