UPDATE 2 P.M. FEB. 9 While the FIFA 2026 World Cup is still months away, speculation on what teams could be visiting the greater Kansas City area has increased with the official base camps for national teams are expected to be announced soon. Soccer powerhouses Argentina, England and the ...
What does a leader in the local music scene do? Nick Carswell has been doing it for more than a decade, and his answer is: Whatever the musicians need him to do. Carswell, who founded the Lawrence Music Alliance in 2023, has actually been helping musicians since around 2009, when he was living ...
A publicly traded company that specializes in “smart home” technology is no longer eyeing the former Journal-World printing facility on Massachusetts Street for its new location, and it will be requesting development incentives for a site on Vermont Street instead. The company is ...
Lawrence city leaders at their meeting Tuesday gave their consent to the sale of Hamm Landfill to a nationwide waste disposal company. The commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Mike Dever absent, to authorize City Manager Craig Owens to sign letters of consent to the sale of Hamm Landfill ...
City leaders took a step forward Tuesday on an incentive package for an affordable housing project that would create 121 units of affordable housing in western Lawrence. At its regular meeting, the Lawrence City Commission voted 3-1, with Vice Mayor Mike Courtney opposed and commissioner Mike ...
Hamm Companies, which for decades has run the landfill that serves Lawrence, plans to sell that landfill to a large nationwide waste disposal company, and the City of Lawrence is being asked to consent to the sale. In a letter Hamm sent to the city and county, dated Dec. 10, Hamm said it would ...