A stack of recipes, an empty building and fond memories of when he was a leader of the pack in Lawrence’s restaurant scene has set the stage for an unexpected comeback Lawrence’s once-popular Mass Street Deli is reopening, and yes, original owner Bob Schumm will be the owner and operator. ...
Maybe Lawrence has been the canary in the coal mine. For much of 2026, we’ve been reporting how Lawrence has been the unfortunate exception to the rule. While the state’s large retail markets were posting gains in the amount of sales taxes they were collecting, Lawrence was not. When we ...
When guard Taylen Kinney announced his commitment to Kansas back in September on a CBS Sports livestream, he relayed a rather telling anecdote about his expectations for the 2026-27 season. “Coach (Bill) Self told me I was going to get to play right when I stepped in,” he said. “I was ...
A massive annexation request touted as the first step to adding more than 1,000 single family homes west of the South Lawrence Trafficway has changed. It is less massive and less about single family housing — at least temporarily. We’ve been reporting for months that a group led by a ...
Monitoring the offseason in college baseball is an entirely different sort of enterprise than keeping track of what’s going on in basketball and football. Even with the sport’s ongoing growth, player movement receives substantially less coverage. Prospects announced as signees in the fall ...
Lawrence home builders haven’t yet found their “limbo moment.” After setting a new record low for single family housing starts last year, builders in 2026 haven’t yet found the answer to “how low can you go,” according to the latest set of statistics. With half a year in the books, ...
