Your favorite Zoo event, Brew at the Zoo Presented by Kendall Construction is back! Try tons of local and domestic beers while partying like an animal with music, games, food trucks, and fun animal encounters! Save the planet: save water, drink beer! This fundraiser helps support Topeka Zoo conservation and education i...

LDCFM Responds to a Structure Fire on 9th Street Lawrence, KS - On October 3rd 2025, at approximately 10:20 AM, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical (LDCFM) units were dispatched to a structure fire at 219 E. 9th Street. Initial reports to the Douglas County Emergency Communications Center indicated that fire was comin...

Lawrence - Two forums for City Commission Candidates have been set for September 17 and September 22 at Peaslee Tech Center, 2920 Haskell Avenue, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The 2 forums will be conducted by a loose-knit group of former Mayors of Lawrence. The forums will follow a broad category for each night with question...

Lawrence Police have arrested 63-year-old Aaron Blake Wright, of Lawrence, in connection with the homicide that occurred Friday morning at 1801 Massachusetts Street. Police were called to that location at 7:22 a.m. where they located a dead 35-year-old woman behind the building. She appeared to have been stabbed multip...

Lawrence Free State High School has been selected as the winner of the Performing Arts School of Excellence Award from the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA). This is the second time the school has earned this statewide distinction for its outstanding commitment to arts education, having also rece...

The City of Lawrence Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is honored to announce the establishment of the John and Carol Nalbandian Fund, made possible through a generous $25,000 endowment gift from Dr. John Nalbandian, professor emeritus at the University of Kansas and former Lawrence mayor. The fund, administered...