The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Treasured olds, something new, cuisines borrowed, diners wearing blue. Sunday’s “Gathered ...

Bloom tables are a study in opposites: the base is a rugged cedar stump, the top a sleek sheet of resin fused around the wood. They could only be the result of the meeting of two minds. Crafted by mth ...

Jul. 10—As part of his quest to earn the Boy Scouts' Eagle Scout rank, Alex Tjellesen has built five wheelchair-accessible picnic tables, one for each of the U.S. military branches represented at ...

Longtime patrons of the Cedar Crest restaurant were saddened when, after 73 years as a Lawrence icon, it closed on Nov. 13. No mention was made at the time of reopening anywhere else. Owner Mary ...