Lawrence plans move of visitor center downtown
Explore Lawrence seeks to relocate its visitor information center from the Union Pacific Depot in North Lawrence to 812 Massachusetts St. next year. The new downtown location near the tourism hub aims to better serve visitors with city and entertainment information.
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Metoo founder Tarana Burke to speak at KU in October
Tarana Burke, founder of the me too movement, will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union Ballroom on the University of Kansas campus. The free public event aligns with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, with KU officials praising the visit as timely and meaningful.
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Chancellor's intervention kept homesick student at KU
During fall 1918 World War I raged and Spanish flu hit the University of Kansas. The Kansas Board of Health closed the campus for five weeks and prohibited students from leaving Lawrence to curb infection. Freshman Kathryne Cretcher of Scott City fell ill. her father L W Cretcher, a state legislator and lumber firm owner, appealed to Chancellor Frank Strong.
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