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Environment May 1, 2023 - 11:37 am

Wildflowers on remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center to die from herbicide spray

by Mackenzie Clark

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
Lawrence news April 28, 2023 - 6:41 pm

New city policy says children can stay at North Lawrence campsite; it’s unclear what that might look like in practice

by Chansi Long

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.

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Lawrence Life April 26, 2023 - 5:53 pm

Military family new to Lawrence disheartened by West Hills neighbors’ response to paint job

by Chansi Long

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
Education April 24, 2023 - 12:25 pm

Lifelong Lawrencian finds her niche in advocacy and scholarship at KU

by Tricia Masenthin

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.

Lawrence news April 17, 2023 - 9:11 pm

Lawrence Times wins Best Coverage of Diversity, Best Website and numerous other honors from Kansas Press Association

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence Times news team has been recognized with 17 awards in the Kansas Press Association’s 2023 Awards of Excellence, including three first-place awards judged alongside all contest divisions. 

Lawrence news April 17, 2023 - 2:24 pm

City moving forward on markers to memorialize Tiger Dowdell and Nick Rice, killed by Lawrence police in 1970

by Conner Mitchell

Since the Lawrence City Commission in August 2020 approved creating historical markers to memorialize the 1970 police killings of two teenagers, the process to bring those markers to fruition has been slow, but it is moving forward.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 12, 2023 - 1:41 pm

North Lawrence camp residents say violence and chaos is increasing, and the new fence hasn’t helped

by Chansi Long

People living at the city-run campsite in North Lawrence say they’re struggling with increased interlopers, assaults, theft and drug activity in the week since the city installed a fence intended to prevent visitors, and a woman said she was raped at the camp on Sunday. 

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 5, 2023 - 3:51 pm

‘He can’t rest’: Family of Kamarjay Shaw unable to hold burial because plot wasn’t dug

by Maya Hodison

When family members arrived at Oak Hill Cemetery on Saturday to lay 14-year-old Kamarjay Shaw to rest, they were distraught to learn that his burial plot — next to that of his great uncle, Rick “Tiger” Dowdell — had not yet been dug. 

Chansi Long/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 4, 2023 - 5:31 pm

Many North Lawrence campsite residents surprised, upset by new fence closing off camp

by Chansi Long

Emerging from their tents on Tuesday morning, residents at the city-run campsite in North Lawrence saw workers installing a fence designed to keep visitors out. 

Lawrence news March 30, 2023 - 5:41 pm

‘She was part of this place’: Family members, North Lawrence camp residents mourn mother of 3

by Chansi Long

A plume of smoke has drifted skyward from the city-run campsite in North Lawrence ever since Ashley Sawyer, of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, was found dead in her tent last week. 

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