Throughout his more than 30 years of working in government, one thing Porter Arneill has observed about public employees is their humility. “Most of my peers are very humble people, and they don’t like the limelight,” said Arneill, Lawrence's assistant director of Parks, Recreation, ...
The community is invited to the semiannual tour of the University of Kansas Medicinal Plant Garden on the summer solstice. The tour will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 21. The garden is located just east of the Lawrence Municipal Airport next to the Prairie Moon Waldorf School, 1865 East ...
A grocery store at one end, a food truck park and apartments at the other – this is one way North Lawrence could grow in the future, according to the consultants the city has hired to study it. At the Union Pacific Depot on Wednesday, the Kansas City-based consulting firm HNTB Corporation ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical responded to over two dozen weather-related calls during Tuesday morning storms, including a structure fire caused by a lightning strike. LDCFM crews were dispatched at approximately 6:18 a.m. Tuesday to a reported fire on the 100 block of Lawrence Avenue ...
FINNEY COUNTY — Ann Gravatt and Jesse Gronner shook hands, offered food and fielded questions from people around the region curious or skeptical about the Oregon-based company’s plans to build a data center. Locals shuffled around the room to learn about what this project entails. Some with ...
Douglas County commissioners expressed an interest in raising motor vehicle fees in 2027, but just how high will be determined during budget discussions next month. Commissioners are wanting to take advantage of a new Kansas law passed this year, Senate Bill 325, that authorizes them to ...
