A remodel of the former Juice Stop at 812 Massachusetts St. should begin this week, transforming the downtown space into Lawrence’s new visitors center. Steve Clark and Jane Huesemann, both with Clark Huesemann architectural firm, gave an update on the 890-square-foot space during a recent ...
If Kansas is going to get a new statewide highway plan to fund big projects — like widening the South Lawrence Trafficway — it must first finish building the projects left uncompleted in the last plan, a new report recommends. The state’s current transportation plan, which was approved ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon review changes to the city’s animal control ordinance, including a provision that would allow feral cat colonies. The Lawrence Humane Society proposed changes to the ordinance that would allow for a “trap-neuter-release,” or TNR, program under which cats ...
Attorney and nonprofit board member Brad Finkeldei has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Finkeldei, a native of Wichita, graduated from the University of Kansas law school and has lived in Lawrence permanently since 2000. Finkeldei, 45, has served on the boards of various ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and includes 133 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
A shopping center is getting torn down, businesses are on the move, and an old barbecue joint will be offering up new lessons. All this is to say, I’ve got updates on a trio of 23rd Street businesses that soon will have new homes. • As we reported last month, plans have been filed to tear ...
The public is invited to a free showing of “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age” and a panel discussion hosted by Bishop Seabury Academy. The feature documentary “probes into the vulnerable corners of family life and the struggles over social media, video games and academics,” ...
University of Kansas alumni can mark their calendars for a trip back to Lawrence this fall. The university and its alumni will celebrate its 107th homecoming week Oct. 19-26, culminating with a KU football game against Texas Tech at the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Oct. 26, according ...
It seems there’s always some new scam going around or some old scam resurfacing. In recent days local law enforcement authorities have shared information about two such scams. In one case, victims reported to University of Kansas police last week that they’d been scammed out of $1,000 — ...
Lawmakers say a federal budget compromise approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump provides $50 million of additional federal funding to maintain Amtrak rail passenger service through Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. The funding for the Southwest Chief route will enable Amtrak ...
Ricki Dregg decided against wearing the usual black derby and donned a stocking cap while strumming his guitar and singing a Pink Floyd tune on a biting January morning on Massachusetts Street. Dregg is one of several street musicians or buskers who year-round bring eclectic sounds to ...
TOPEKA — Kansas' two Republican U.S. senators worry about the precedent set by President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the border with Mexico to secure more money for a wall. Sens. Jerry Moran and Pat Roberts said Saturday that they are concerned that a future ...
City leaders will soon consider a proposal for an apartment, retail and hotel project that would transform a portion of the riverfront near downtown Lawrence. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving the preliminary development plan for the North ...
Even on winter days, arborists around Lawrence are ascending taut ropes high into trees. When the branches are bare, it’s easier to examine a tree, making this a busy time for certified arborists. While some arborists keep their feet firmly planted on the ground, others work from a bucket ...
Today, Feb. 18 Toddler Storytime (ages 2-3), 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Kids in the Kitchen (Ages 7-11), 4-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Tutoring Club (Grades Pre K-6), 5:30-9 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Kaw Valley ...
Years of multiagency investigation into fraud by others in his banking circles ultimately produced the federal indictment against Lawrence businessman Troy A. Gregory, documents filed in the case reveal. Gregory, facing criminal charges for his role in an alleged $15 million bank loan scheme ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity. This call blotter spans from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday and includes 222 incidents. Each listing gives a date, time and ...
With 3 1/2 projects down and 3 1/2 to go, the Lawrence school district is spending more than the $87 million it projected to voters as part of the 2017 bond issue. At the halfway point, an updated document provided to the Journal-World shows that budgeted spending for the seven school projects ...
Since his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren relocated about six months ago, 71-year-old Jerry Barnes, a lifelong Lawrence resident, doesn’t really have any family in town. “They bought a house and moved down to Jenks, Okla., and poor ol' Grandpa, I'm here all by myself,” he said. ...
Construction on the LMH Health Maine Street campus means some patient parking temporarily has been eliminated. To accommodate for that, hospital officials encourage patients to take advantage of valet parking, which is available at both the Maine Street and Arkansas Street entrances to the ...