For almost 50 years, the eastern edge of Lawrence was home to a plant that helped fuel America’s agricultural boom. Today, there’s been a lot of activity at the former nitrogen plant site. It is being transformed into an industrial park and a future city campus — but beneath the new ...
Prairie Park’s artificial floating island is cleaning the water and hosting all kinds of wildlife
Kansas reports 9% reduction in classroom teacher vacancies
TOPEKA — The vacancy rate among Kansas teachers employed by accredited K-12 schools declined 9.1% this spring as more special education, ...
KU soccer notebook: Jayhawks hope to harness local enthusiasm after World Cup
Lawrence hires Baker men’s basketball coach Sean Dooley to lead boys basketball team
Lawrence High School's next basketball coach won't have to go far to settle in. Sean Dooley, the longtime men's basketball coach at Baker ...
Douglas County commissioners review five-year capital plan as major spending looms
After raising open meeting concerns, woman denied a new term on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
While serving on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, Chelsi Hayden raised concerns with a City Hall attorney that the commission was ...












