As soon as next summer, planning a new home in Lawrence might look less like a complicated city review process and more like ordering something off a menu. That's because the city will be trying out a new program that connects builders and property owners with ready-to-use construction plans ...
When confronted with accusations against him, a 36-year-old Lawrence man told police that he raped and sexually abused a 13-year-old girl earlier this year, according to a recently released affidavit in the case. The man, Steven Earl Snow, has been charged with two counts of child rape, an ...
The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón's body like shattered glass. One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a ...
Four small houses made from garage doors have just been moved from Peaslee Tech to their permanent home in North Lawrence. These affordable houses were built by students at the technical training center as part of a partnership with garage door company Amarr and housing nonprofit Tenants to ...
Don't be alarmed if you see emergency responders and a lot of other people standing outside of City Hall on Tuesday — it's only a drill. City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., will be holding its evacuation drill at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, the city announced in a news release. People downtown at that time ...
City leaders will vote this week on a $26 million bond issuance to fund water and sewer projects in Lawrence's Capital Improvement Plan. The City Commission is scheduled to consider issuing the bonds at its meeting on Tuesday. A memo from finance staff to the commission said the projects the ...
