Lawrence residents should soon prepare for a key portion of Ninth Street — which leads to downtown and KU’s football stadium — to be closed to thru traffic for months. Now, the questions are: How long will it be closed, and will it be shut down while potentially thousands of World Cup ...

Lawrence’s football fortunes may be on the rebound. Yes, that is an odd statement to make after Saturday’s rivalry game with Kansas State, but the football activity I’m referring to doesn’t involve watching the scoreboards. Rather, look at sales tax reports. (I gladly would have, if ...

While Lawrence is struggling to build new homes, a few hundred of them may soon emerge just a few miles east of the city. On Monday, the 6,500-person community of Eudora — about five miles east of the Lawrence city limits — annexed 134-acres of property along Kansas Highway 10, and ...

News and notes from around town: — Lawrence’s robust craft brewery scene became a little less so this weekend. Black Stag Brewery & Pub, 623 Massachusetts, ceased operations on Saturday. “We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who visited, shared a meal, and raised ...

Universities across the country are trying to figure out what to make of a proposed “compact” between the federal government and research universities that rely heavily on federal grants. Is the federal document a true compact or more of an “offer you can’t refuse?” University of ...

The Turnhalle building at Ninth and Rhode Island streets, just east of downtown, is nothing if not patient. Dating back to 1869, it is believed to be the oldest community building in Lawrence, and it has remained standing despite decades of little to no use of its grand hall that features ...