Dave Loewenstein/Contributed Photo
A tight timeline for the Lawrence school board to make decisions about whether to close schools seems to have lit a fire under many community members who are coming together to “#SaveOurSchools497.”
Carter Gaskins/The Lawrence Times
Centered on students and the theme “It Starts with Me,” a tribute to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took place Friday afternoon at Billy Mills Middle School.
Jeff Burkhead/Contributed Photo
Lawrence photographer Jeff Burkhead’s “Our Pandemic Year in Photos” is filled with hundreds of images telling tales of love, strength and resilience. Observations and essays penned by locals punctuate the collection and tie together the book’s message of hope.
Mark Potts / The Lawrence Times
Hundreds showed up for the Lawrence Arts Center and Lawrence City Band’s joint production of “The Music Man, Concert Version” Saturday evening at South Park.
Courtesy of Drone Lawrence/dronelawrence.com
A repair of the roof at Wescoe Hall has left behind a massive new campus landmark — 80-foot blue letters spelling “KU.”
Christy Huntington
As reported in Monday’s Kaw Valley Almanac, monarch butterflies have recolonized well in this region. A flutter of the happy pollinators in North Lawrence on Sunday supports that statement.
Mark Potts / The Lawrence Times
Hundreds of people came to South Park Sunday afternoon to enjoy the 40th annual Kansas Fiddling and Picking Championships.
LarryvilleLife
A mural is underway at Owens Flower Shop, 846 Indiana St. LarryvilleLife snapped this photo of its progress Monday.
Tom Harper
The Lawrence City Band played for a sea of people seated all over the east side of South Park Wednesday evening.
August Rudisell/@KsScanner
August Rudisell, of Lawrence, submitted this photo to the Times Saturday night. Z & M Twisted Vines Vineyard hosted “Twisted Flying” on Friday and Saturday nights.
