Plans for a hotel that will connect to KU’s football stadium and the 1,000-seat conference center inside the stadium have taken an important step forward. KU leaders are now publicly saying who the operator of the hotel will be. Jeff DeWitt, KU’s chief financial officer, told me in a ...

The latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are out, and Lawrence was the only community of 40,000 people or more in Kansas that lost population last year. Lawrence’s population loss wasn’t particularly steep. The Census estimated Lawrence’s population as of July 1, 2025 ...

News and notes from around town. — Everything is bigger at Costco — including worries that something will derail the retailer’s plans to open in Lawrence later this year. When Costco announced in November that it had decided to build a giant retail store near Rock Chalk Park in ...

The powers that be at Lawrence City Hall aren’t expecting much from Lawrence shoppers in 2026. At least, that’s how the city’s budget reads. The 2026 budget expects to collect $57.2 million in sales taxes this year. In 2025, the city collected about $56.3 million, according to figures ...

With activity among Lawrence chicken wing restaurants heating up, a large chain has taken flight from the city. Buffalo Wild Wings closed its restaurant on Iowa Street, its only location in Lawrence, at the end of business on Sunday. While there was no sign at the restaurant announcing the ...

UPDATED 4:40 P.M. April 30 The city’s road to large scale residential development west of the South Lawrence Trafficway has a speed bump on it. Commissioners on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission last week were scheduled to consider making a recommendation on whether the city ...