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Vigil remembers transgender lives lost in Lawrence and beyond
A solemn but hopeful gathering at Ecumenical Campus Ministries on Wednesday honored 74 transgender and gender-nonconforming people who died across the United States during the last year.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
‘A safe and stable place for families’: Family Promise of Lawrence celebrates new shelter
Dozens of community members gathered to celebrate the completion of Mt. Hope Shelter, a new shelter that will aim to help families stabilize as they seek permanent housing.
Photos: Aurora borealis caught on camera again in Lawrence
Although aurora borealis was likely not visible to the naked eye, some Times readers were able to capture the light show with long-exposure photos again during a geomagnetic storm Thursday night.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Haskell hosts bison harvest workshop ahead of community cookout
Bison have sustained many Native American tribes for centuries as a source of food, clothing and tools. Now, Haskell is sharing the bison’s deep cultural significance with the general public through a harvest workshop and community meal.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Brothers, both KU students, debut fall fashion collection at Spencer Art Museum runway show
In a fashion show curated by a pair of brothers, both KU students, models sashayed down a runway Thursday while artwork adorned the walls around them.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
KU students rally to ‘Save Our Centers’
KU students and supporters gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the Kansas Union to bring attention to the university’s “realignment” of campus centers focused on diversity.
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Lawrence Schools Foundation receives $40K donation
The Lawrence Schools foundation has received a $40,000 donation to support teachers and students of the Lawrence school district.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Families find community in Lawrence home-schooling group that rose ‘from the ashes of COVID’
The Phoenix Collective aims to build something new and different, focusing on community for a group of Lawrence-area families that are home-schooling their children.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence celebrates 25 years
Prairie Park Nature Center on Saturday celebrated 25 years of preserving local wildlife and native species in Lawrence.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU architecture students celebrate new outdoor classroom, pavilion at Prairie Park Nature Center
Students in a KU architecture class on Saturday celebrated a new pavilion they designed at Prairie Park Nature Center using old road signs and other repurposed materials.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Words Save Lives event brings community together in North Lawrence
Lawrence community members gathered for poetry, music, some laughs and a few tears at the 11th annual Words Save Lives event on Tuesday, which was World Suicide Prevention Day.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Photos: Haskell Indian Art Market returns
Hundreds of community members showed up to shop the jewelry, ledger art, beaded works, pottery, frybread and much more on Saturday, the first day of the Haskell Indian Art Market.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Demolition underway at Allen Press building in downtown Lawrence
Demolition began Wednesday on the former Allen Press buildings at 11th and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Pups go for a dip in the pool at Lawrence’s Pooch Plunge
As Lawrence’s Outdoor Aquatic Center is closing for the season, pups got to go for a swim Tuesday at the annual Pooch Plunge.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
FidPick brings musicians together in Lawrence
Lawrence community members gathered at South Park despite the heat Sunday for the 43rd Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, also known as FidPick.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Families, KU football fans gather to kick off season
Downtown Lawrence celebrated the upcoming KU football season with a kickoff party Saturday evening.
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