Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Here’s where kids can eat free lunches in Lawrence this summer
Children ages 18 and younger will be able to eat a free lunch on weekdays at six locations in Lawrence throughout the summer, starting June 5.
Tricia Masenthin/Lawrence Times
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Judge will allow Lawrence protections for housing voucher recipients to take effect
A judge on Tuesday denied a request from a group of Lawrence landlords to halt a city ordinance that bans landlords from denying someone housing based on their source of income or immigration status.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Jury acquits ex-Lawrence police officer charged with rape
A former Lawrence police officer was found not guilty of rape and numerous computer crimes Friday following a weeklong trial in Douglas County District Court.
Reb Bryant
Photos: Wildflowers of Prairie Park’s remnant prairie before the herbicide spray
We asked readers to please send us their photos of the spring wildflowers on the remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center, so the Lawrence community can recall their beauty if the flowers don’t come back from the city’s herbicide spray.
Kansans: Act fast if you need to change your gender marker on legal docs, attorney says; here’s how
Time is likely limited for transgender folks to get their gender markers changed on their Kansas birth certificates and IDs, according to an attorney who’s an expert on the topic. Here are the basics of how the process works.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Walk, proclamation bring crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people to the forefront in Lawrence
Community members walked together through downtown Lawrence to show solidarity and raise awareness of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people and the fight to end the historical violence.
Courtney Masterson/Contributed
Wildflowers on remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center to die from herbicide spray
Millions of irreplaceable wildflowers that have grown for thousands of years in the remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center will be dead within days.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
New city policy says children can stay at North Lawrence campsite; it’s unclear what that might look like in practice
Children are now allowed to stay with their parents at the city-run campsite for people experiencing homelessness in North Lawrence, according to a new policy.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Military family new to Lawrence disheartened by West Hills neighbors’ response to paint job
A military family, the Bonuras looked forward to settling down in Lawrence. But they’ve been surprised and disheartened recently by anonymous letters their West Hills neighbors have sent, objecting to the colors the family painted their home.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lifelong Lawrencian finds her niche in advocacy and scholarship at KU
When Cherin Russell returned to college in the spring of 2020, she wondered whether she could find success as a 30-year-old nontraditional undergraduate student at the University of Kansas.
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