Lawrence is used to seeing funky buses. On one end of the spectrum, there’s Lyle Lovett recently parking his posh bus in the Journal-World parking lot because he was making a downtown Lawrence doughnut run. On the other end, there’s the plethora of 1970s VW buses that leave a trail ...
People who hate property taxes have more to hate in Lawrence following Monday’s special school board meeting. Most people who had been following the Lawrence school district and its financial affairs expected the board to be presented with a budget that raised the mill levy by 2.4 mills. That was ...
Soon the power of solar energy will be on vivid display in Lawrence. And, no, I’m not talking about what will happen when I learn the hard way that leftover 3-D glasses from "The Emoji Movie" don’t work to view the eclipse. Instead, I’m talking about a large project that ...
Based on recent history, slowing down apartment construction in Lawrence requires something akin to Kryptonite. Apartment construction has been booming and generally fast-moving, which may be why some of you began asking questions about what was going on with a project under construction at Sixth and Queens Road. Work slowed ...
America’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill is now in one less Lawrence neighborhood. Applebee’s has closed one of its two Lawrence locations. The Applebee’s at Sixth and Monterey Way — in the shopping center that houses Hy-Vee — closed on Wednesday, and crews were taking the signs down on Thursday. A ...
When it comes to daydreams of exclusivity, I’m sure some people’s thoughts turn to pompadours and membership at the Mar-a-Lago club. But for me, I just aspire to go to the member’s night of the Friends of the Lawrence Public Library Book Sale. Come to find out, I don’t even ...
Here is the alphabet soup of marijuana. (Apologies Lawrence grocers. I’ve inadvertently created a stampede in the soup aisle.) Marijuana has a chemical compound called THC, which produces a high. In Kansas, selling a product with THC results in OTJ — off to jail. Kansas has some of the strictest ...
You can tell when I go on a honey binge: The natural sugars put an extra pep in my step, every door knob in the house has an extra layer of stickiness to it, and there are so many plastic bear bottles littering the floor that you would think Sarah ...
Those of us with a certain amount of cholesterol in our bloodstream know that a flat top isn’t just a haircut for people who don’t like combs. It also is the name for a large, seasoned hunk of metal where hamburgers, onions and other creations can be fried to perfection. ...
We’re in the heat of Lawrence City Commission campaign season, as the primary election is Tuesday. Perhaps you have noticed some of the slogans: “Hello, is this microphone on?” “Ill give you a free cookie if you come to my campaign rally.” And perhaps the best one is the simplest ...
