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‘Together’s the only way’: Unity theme resonates at tribute to MLK
Poetry, music and inspirational words were shared Friday afternoon in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy during the 34th MLK schoolwide assembly at Billy Mills Middle School.
A moment in Lawrence: Keeping nature present in our lives
An Earth Care Forum held Sunday focused on ”the dynamic cycles of life in our local ecosystem and ways to rejoin our lives to nature,” Sam Raugewitz wrote in submitting this photo to the Times.
Lawrence photographer tells story of community’s response to first year of COVID-19 pandemic in new book
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.
Photos: Lawrence students hold protests against district proposal to nix gymnastics
Students at Free State High School held a walkout Wednesday in protest of district administrators’ tentative plan to end the high school gymnastics program.
Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade returns
The Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, returning after a year off, drew a crowd to Massachusetts Street Saturday morning.
Photos: Massive menorah lit at Lawrence Public Library
Continuing an annual tradition Sunday, Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence invited the community to a special celebration of the beginning of Hanukkah.
Photos: Santa brought to safety once again in downtown Lawrence
A Lawrence tradition continued Friday night as Santa Claus was safely rescued from the top of Weaver’s Department Store.
Photo gallery: Volunteers prepare annual LINK Thanksgiving meals
Volunteers hustled Wednesday to prepare hundreds of meals for the annual LINK Thanksgiving tradition.
A moment in Lawrence: Community celebrates new mural at Cottin’s Hardware
A crowd gathered Sunday to celebrate the completion of a new mural at Cottin’s Hardware in Lawrence.
A moment in Lawrence: Remembering those who died in conditions of homelessness
Local groups Somos Lawrence and the DARE (Drop-In And Rest) Center organized a Día de los Muertos remembrance on Monday to honor unhoused people who have died in Lawrence.
Photo gallery: Just Us League and friends greet Reverse Halloween Parade-goers
For the second year, members of the Just Us League — a group of local cosplayers — teamed up with the City of Lawrence to welcome trick-or-treaters to Broken Arrow Park for their Reverse Halloween Parade.
Photo gallery: Lawrence keeps it weird for Return of Zombie Walk
The hordes of the undead made their pilgrimage down Massachusetts Street and back to South Park Thursday night after a pandemic-year hiatus.
A view of River City: Trouble with a capital ‘T’!
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.
A moment in Lawrence: Students raise tipi on KU lawn in 1978
Carole Tomlinson, now a faculty member at Haskell Indian Nations University, submitted this 1978 photo of students who raised a tipi on the lawn of KU’s Watson Library.
Photos: LowRence Cruisers hold inaugural fundraiser for Lawrence schools
The LowRence Cruisers held their inaugural fundraiser to benefit the Lawrence Schools Foundation on Saturday.
A moment in Lawrence: Former residents of La Yarda and their descendants attend film screening
Former residents of La Yarda, the East Lawrence housing unit built for Mexican American railroad workers from 1920-51, and many of their descendants attended a screening of a film about the neighborhood Saturday evening.
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