link to this page from your site or blog!:
Lawrence News
Local news for Lawrence, KS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
- KU architecture students team with donors to build overlook at nature preserve
A new overlook structure three miles north of Lawrence will provide a spectacular view of the Kansas River valley, Lawrence and the University of Kansas.
- Former Lawrence State Rep. Dies
Jessie Branson , of Lawrence, dies at 88. Her family says she died Saturday at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor of natural causes.
- Lawrence Changes Hedgehog Restriction
LAWRENCE, Kan. _ It is now legal to have pet hedgehogs in Lawrence after an 11-year-old boy spent three years lobbying against the ban.
- Clarke's 'Agnes' off to festival
The Clarke College production of "Agnes of God" has been chosen for the American College Theater Festival.
- Meanwhile in Lawrence, two channels DO get dropped
While the rest of America had to deal with a War of the Worlds scenario Wednesday night, with Viacom ginning up its battle with Time Warner and blanketing the country with dire warnings of the end of Dora the ...
- Will she stay or will she go?
The Obama veepstakes are a distant memory and the Cabinet rumors have been put to rest, but speculation about Gov.
- a oeFirst Dude,a a oeMaverick,a Among Annual Words To Be Banished
I always look forward to Lake Superior State University's annual list of words to be banished .
- Kansas: Utility to try again for coal plants
LAWRENCE, Kan. - A western Kansas utility is planning to push again next year for legislative approval of two proposed coal-fired power plants, and environmentalists are preparing for the debate.
- Rolling with circumstance
All work and no play makes country singer/songwriter Chuck Mead pretty friggina miserable.
- Man Walks Into Lawrence Home, Robs Student
A man approached a college student with a gun while the student was sitting at a computer in his Lawrence, Kan., townhouse and robbed him, his neighbor said.
- Scientists warn Christmas lights harm the planet
SCIENTISTS have warned that Christmas lights are bad for the planet due to huge electricity waste and urged people to get energy efficient festive bulbs.
- Four KU Army ROTC students, alumni chosen for National Order of Merit
Four students and alumni of the University of Kansas Army ROTC Jayhawk Battalion have qualified for the 2008 National Order of Merit by ranking among the top 10 percent of cadets nationwide based on overall ...
- Four KU alumni earn distinguished achievement awards
The chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the director of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, a world-renowned professor of biochemistry and a federal appellate judge have been ...
- Police Investigating Sunday Night Robbery in Lawrence
Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened in Lawrence Sunday night.
- Dole Lecture to focus on Abraham Lincoln
The Dole Institute of Politics in Lawrence is focusing several events next year on Abraham Lincoln.
- Some Kansas Contractors Stringing Fewer Holiday Lights
Holiday lights are still brightening the nights around Lawrence, Kan., but there are a few more dark spots in some neighborhoods.
- KU Seeks Sanctions Against Clothing Store
The University of Kansas is renewing its fight against a Lawrence clothing store for trademark violations.
- EMR Inc. awarded $150 million contract from U.S. Air Force
LAWRENCE, Kan., - EMR, Inc. today announced a contract award from the United States Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment for Worldwide Environmental Restoration and Construction 2009 services.
- public input surveys
We are looking for input on five issues: Identifying elements in the following six sections will help create a coordinated or consolidated system that will help bring together the Lawrence Transit System and KU ...
Lawrence Classifieds
Local classifieds for Lawrence, KS
City DescriptionLawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas Metropolitan Area which encompasses all of Douglas County. Located forty-one miles west of Kansas City, Missouri, it is situated along the banks of the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers. In 2007, the city had an estimated population of 89,852. Lawrence is a college town and is the home to the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University.
Lawrence was founded in 1854 for the New England Emigrant Aid Company by Charles Robinson, who later served as governor of Kansas. The city was named after Amos Adams Lawrence, a prominent politician and antislavery partisan and the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence.
In the Bleeding Kansas era, Lawrence was a center of anti-slavery sentiment. On May 21, 1856, a pro-slavery posse led by Sheriff Samuel J. Jones burned the Free-State Hotel, destroyed the equipment of two anti-slavery newspapers, and looted several other businesses in an attack known as the sack of Lawrence; one man was killed, struck dead by a stone falling from the burning hotel. ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- University of Kansas
- Pinnacle Career Institute
- University of Kansas School of Business
Timezones:Size:
Source:
Freebase
– The World's Database Freely licensed under
CC-BY.
Surrounding Cities
|
