Chloe Anderson

Sgt. Fabiola Torres comforts Annette Hardaway, the mother of Sidnee Carter, during the Law Enforcement Memorial Candlelight Vigil May 19. Carter was killed in the line of duty in October 2022 when a motorist failed to yield to a stop sign and struck Carter’s patrol car. She was 22 years old.

Community members joined school district students and staff in a rally before the Lawrence school board meeting Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 to voice their concerns regarding a budget cut proposal. Sash Bahar held a sign reading "Would the administration work for our wages?" Bahar,  who's worked in the district for about a year, makes  $11/hour.

Tyrone Green of the Kickapoo and Potawatomi tribes adjusts his headdress during the 34th annual KU First Nations Student Association powwow on April 8, 2023. Green said he’s been dancing since he could walk, and he looks forward to the Grand Entry every year. 

28-year-old Samantha Bowers, known professionally as Sammy Rae, is the frontwoman for the blues-pop-rock band Sammy Rae and The Friends. Hundreds packed the Granada Theater to see the group perform in Lawrence on Oct. 31. 

Dozens of people follow law enforcement officers from the Kansas Statehouse to a monument honoring those killed in the line of duty during a vigil on May 19.  

Retired University of Kansas faculty Susan Elkins and Jack Winerock hold a sign reading “Iran is bleeding” during a rally March 8, 2023, in front of Wescoe Hall.

Every week, a group of women gather to practice aerial arts on 19-foot-tall silks. One of them is 26-year-old Jodi Simeon — described as fearless, despite knowing that her future in Lawrence hinges on random chance.

Mary Beth Hochstetler, 75, gazes through a telescope aimed at Betelgeuse during Planetpalooza on April 3, 2023.

Carl Folsom III, right, puts on his robe after he's sworn in as a Douglas County District Court judge on Dec. 2, 2022, with help from his wife, Karen Ebmeier, and their daughter, Evelyn.

On Sept. 15, 2021, hundreds of students gathered outside the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity to protest a rape reported the previous Saturday. The crowd rallied in support of the victim and demanded consequences for the rapist.

Mike Quillin, an image processing specialist by day and astronomy enthusiast by night, raises a hand to block the parking garage’s light for a better view of the International Space Station during Planetpalooza, an event hosted by the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence on April 3, 2023.

Hundreds of Lawrencians celebrated Mardi Gras with a parade through downtown on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023

Locals flocked to Liberty Hall on Monday to enjoy cookies, have their photos taken with Santa and admire the myriad of trees and wreaths that are part of the annual Festival of Trees.  3-year-old Saylah Sanders of Lawrence was eager to pose with Santa.

Advocates gather outside the Robert J. Dole Federal Courthouse on Jan. 18, 2023 in support of former University of Kansas professor Franklin Tao, the first person arrested under former President Donald Trump's discontinued "China Initiative."

Locals donning beads and masks flooded Massachusetts Street for the annual Mardi Gras parade on Feb. 21, 2023. 

Early on Sept. 15, 2022, long before many of their fellow high school students were even awake, members of the Free State orchestra were preparing for an upcoming performance.