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Lawrence schools could receive assistance for school gardens
New and existing public school gardens will receive a boost this spring.
Lawrence hydro-electric plant finally seeing relief from drought
After a drought that hurt farmers and other businesses that depend on water, a local hydro-electric plant is finally seeing some relief.
Annual teen t-shirt contest underway
For its third year, the Lawrence Public Library is encouraging teens to get creative.
Douglas County Red Cross unable to accept money for Boston
Hawks for Boston campaigned for a week, quadrupling its initial goal of $500, but when the organization tried to give the money to the American Red Cross, it was turned down.
United Way reports on its graduation rate initiative
In an effort to increase the number of high school graduates locally, the United Way of Douglas County launched an initiative to help boost graduation rates.
Halfway through the program, we see how things are progressing.
Basehor-Linwood mourns death of student
Students and faculty at Basehor-Linwood High School wore purple Wednesday in memory of 15-year-old Shealyn Hayes.
Lawrence caption company sorry for calling Deschanel bomb suspect
A TV captioning service has apologized for misidentifying "New Girl" star Zooey Deschanel as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on a Texas news broadcast.
Tonganoxie offers input for future safety of Highway 24-40
Concerned Tonganoxie residents filed into its high school's auditorium this evening.
Lawrence commissioners give hotdog stand the green light
If you’re craving a hotdog, you won’t have to go to a ballpark to find one. Tonight a young entrepreneur got the green light from city commission to open a hotdog stand downtown, but it wasn't a piece of cake.
Local use of solar energy on uptick
In recent years, "net-metering" and a declining cost of solar has made the energy use more attractive, according to Aron Cromwell of Cromwell Environmental Solar.