Eighty-nine licensed retailers in the city, eight within 0.5 miles of New York Elementary School alone – the local health department had plenty of tobacco stats for city commissioners on Tuesday night. But there was one that Vice Mayor Mike Courtney just had to double-check: “You said ...

In the span of about a week, Sister Cities Lawrence Chair Bill Keel said on Tuesday night, Lawrence is getting some love from “Africa, Asia, and Europe.” He was introducing the Europeans — a crowd of high school students from Eutin, Germany — and the visitors from Asia, an adult ...

Construction on Wakarusa Drive is set to resume Wednesday after a delay caused by utility conflicts, and the Kansas Department of Transportation has apologized to the city about the difficulties the closure of that roadway has caused. That’s what City Manager Majed Al-Ghafry told the ...

Don't be alarmed if you see emergency responders and a lot of other people standing outside of City Hall on Tuesday — it's only a drill. City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., will be holding its evacuation drill at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the city announced in a news release. People downtown at that time ...

City leaders will vote this week on a $26 million bond issuance to fund water and sewer projects in Lawrence's Capital Improvement Plan. The City Commission is scheduled to consider issuing the bonds at its meeting on Tuesday. A memo from finance staff to the commission said the projects the ...

Happy National Drive Electric Week. I’ve been seeing the signs all over town touting the week. They keep producing the same question for me: Is it odd that this environmentally conscious city seemingly has more electric vehicle signs than electric vehicle charging stations? In fairness, the ...