Staff
Chad Lawhorn (City and neighborhoods reporter)
I've been reporting news in Lawrence since 1992. Before joining the NewsCenter, I was editor, publisher and owner of the Lawrence Business Ledger and the Baldwin Ledger newspapers. I've been with The World Company since 2001, when I sold my weekly newspaper business to the company.
I mainly cover city government and neighborhoods, but I've also previously served as business editor for the Journal World, and have undertaken a variety of first-person journalism projects. In parts of 2007 and 2008, I received some national publicity for a series of articles detailing how I purchased a handgun, received a concealed carry license from the state, and carried the weapon around for a few days.
I also enjoy writing profiles on area people, ranging from a promient nightclub owner to the corner hot dog vendor to a 91-year old woman who still goes to work six days per week. If you know of someone interesting, send me an e-mail.
And from time to time, I like to take people to places that they don't often get to go. Sometimes I even take a video camera, like the night I hung out with a bunch of mixed martial artist competitors.
I have my degree in journalism from Kansas University, and also did some undergraduate work at Emporia State University. I'm a native of the small Kansas town of Melvern, which is about an hour away from Lawrence in Osage County.
My wife and I have two children. In my spare time, I work on writing what I hope will be my first novel, play pool, boat, umpire Little League baseball, and barbecue.
Recent stories
- CritiTech leader has stake in lab building
- November 7, 2009
- New details emerged Friday about a multimillion-dollar city-county proposal designed, in part, to keep a promising pharmaceutical company from leaving Lawrence.
- Public invited to forum on proposal for new homeless shelter on East 23rd Street
- November 6, 2009
- Leaders of the Lawrence Community Shelter will hold a public forum next week to discuss a proposal to build a new shelter in eastern Lawrence.
- City, county asked to consider $2.9 million investment in former Oread Labs building
- City and county mull deal to retain CritiTech
- 12:23 p.m., November 5, 2009 Updated 07:08 p.m.
- City and county commissioners will consider issuing $2.9 million worth of debt as part of an economic development deal designed to keep a promising bioscience company in Lawrence, and to provide the community more space to attract other biotech firms.
- Public invited to tour library’s new computer lab
- November 4, 2009
- Area residents will soon have a chance to tour the Lawrence Public Library’s new computer lab.
- Second of three public forums on parks and recreation needs set for Thursday night
- 01:50 p.m., November 4, 2009 Updated 04:46 p.m.
- The second of three public hearings to gather input on future parks and recreation needs is set for Thursday.
- City restores full employee bonus
- November 4, 2009
- Lawrence city commissioners felt good enough about the city’s financial condition Tuesday night to add $130,000 to this year’s budget to provide a boost to a year-end employee bonus program.
- Area fake ID case to be on Judge Judy on Thursday
- November 3, 2009
- Area residents soon will get to see a local restaurant owner’s appearance on the national TV show Judge Judy.
- City of Lawrence employees in line for higher-than-expected year-end bonus
- November 2, 2009
- Lawrence city employees may receive a special monetary thank you as city commissioners prepare to close the books on a rough 2009.
- Census officials reminding college students to be counted in Lawrence
- November 2, 2009
- Area leaders are beginning to work on a major campaign to educate university students on the importance of participating in the upcoming U.S. Census.
- City’s high prices driving away some rural water districts
- November 1, 2009
- For decades there’s been a big business in Lawrence City Hall that stretches well beyond the borders of the city limits.
Recent photos
A student walks on the campus of the University of North Carolina. Kansas University’s incoming chancellor, Bernadette Gray-Little, has spent 38 years at the school in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Several area legislators say they were surprised to learn that a bill they voted for in 2007 loosened the restrictions on concealed-carry holders bringing loaded weapons into bars.
A .22 caliber Jimenez pistol cost $139 to buy at a local pawn shop. The pistol is about the size of a cell phone.
For concealed carry Web package
Finding places that allow you to carry a concealed weapon in Lawrence is not hard, Journal-World reporter Chad Lawhorn found. Lawhorn carried a concealed weapon around the city during the last week as part of project to document the process of receiving a concealed carry permit in the state.
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