Lawrence Humane News Today

If your working life has consisted of loafing in the sun with your nose in a book and being admired by nearly everyone who lays eyes on you, can you even imagin

A lawyer who has served as both a prosecutor and defense attorney has announced his candidacy for Douglas County district attorney. Dakota Loomis on Saturday a

FRIDAY • Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton.

At the new downtown Lawrence coffee shop Espurresso, the java is popular, and, of course, is served in a cup. But it has a hard time competing with the shop’s

FRIDAY • Fall Book Sale, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. All books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks priced at $2 or less.

The 16th annual Zombie Walk will be taking place at 6 p.m. at South Park on Oct. 19. The free event gives community members a chance to dress up as

A Douglas County prosecutor withdrew a plea offer on Monday in Douglas County District Court for a defendant accused of killing a man and stabbing the man’s d

FRIDAY • Come celebrate Indigenous People’s Day from 5 to 8 p.m. on the library lawn and in the auditorium as the Indigenous Community Cen

If all goes as planned this Saturday, the Lawrence Humane Society won’t have any animals left to adopt by the end of the day. That’s because for the ninth

A new brewery, 9 Foot Brewing, is making plans to open in the space formerly occupied by Wind Shift Brewing in Blue Springs.