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Thursday, June 19th, 2025
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Good morning, Lawrence. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 19th of June.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Hundreds marched silently in Lawrence on June 18 in honor of Sarah Milgrim to protest antisemitism—organizers said the peaceful event united community members and stressed the need for tolerance. KCTV
- ➤ Westwood has kept its community survey open for another week to gather local ideas on a former school lot after voters turned down a bid to sell the land for a multi-story commercial building — a project that would have provided hundreds of parking spaces. KCTV
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A man aged 64 was seriously injured in an apparent early morning stabbing near 11th Street and Haskell Avenue in Lawrence at a residence on the 1200 block of East 1900 Road—Douglas County deputies responded and identified a person of interest while EMS transported him to a hospital. KMBC
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ The Watkins Museum will soon be the first Kansas site to host the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Americans” after it was moved from the Haskell museum due to federal cuts—organizers shifted the location to better serve visitors. The exhibit will run from Aug. 23 to Oct. 25 on the first floor Community Room. The Lawrence Times
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ KU researchers published studies on June 18th that validated the Preschool Strengths Inventory— a tool that helps parents, teachers, and clinicians identify early strengths in preschoolers to support their learning. University of Kansas
- ➤ KU professor Michael Vitevitch published a study yesterday in the journal PLOS One that tested how ChatGPT responds to nonsense words—he found that the AI picks up on language patterns differently from people and sometimes even makes up answers. University of Kansas
SHOP NEWS
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