A growing Kansas City-based chain of ice cream shops that claims to have a grandma as a secret weapon is coming to Lawrence. Betty Rae’s Ice Cream has filed paperwork at Lawrence City Hall for a permit for a west Lawrence location. The company hasn’t yet confirmed on its website or social ...
I’ve never thought much about what a surfer packs for lunch. (Something waterproof, I suppose.) Soon, Lawrence diners can explore for themselves as a small chain restaurant that is all about surfer culture opens on south Iowa Street. Longboards Wraps and Bowls is in the process of opening ...
News and notes from around town, or, perhaps more accurately, from around the football stadium: — Plans have been filed for what looks like a pretty large, extraordinary home to be built a bit catty-corner from KU’s football stadium. A site plan recently has been filed at Lawrence City ...
On a parcel of pasture not far from where the Santa Fe Trail once stretched, Baldwin City leaders are embarking on a big adventure. Area developers in this town of about 5,000 people in southern Douglas County have presented, and the city council has approved, a plan to convert this rolling ...
UPDATE 2:55 P.M. JULY 10 Summer is rerun season, at least for those of us old enough to remember when “streaming” had nothing to do with T.V. but rather involved — best case scenario — a garden hose. I fit into that category, so I’m going to offer a couple of reruns about projects we ...
It is like a limbo game with hammer and nails. Halfway through the year, Lawrence’s single-family housing market may be amazing some onlookers with how low it can go. After setting a record low for new single-family housing starts in 2024, area builders are on pace to break that record this ...