My Spanish is spotty, but I think Cinco de Mayo means “five more tacos.” Actually, my certainty of that translation is somewhere south of cinco percent. (I think . . . although math is kind of spotty too.) But what I do know is that before, on and after May 5, I ate a lot of tacos. I ...

Plans to convert a nearly 180-acre site at the South Lawrence Trafficway and Iowa Street into a major retail, housing and entertainment center are likely nearing a key approval, a development representative told the Journal-World Thursday. That’s a different message than you may have picked ...

OK, old-timer, maybe you did have a route to school that was uphill both ways. But I know there is one challenge you didn’t have: Today’s housing market. Thank your lucky stars. A new report shows that an average income-earning household in Lawrence that is looking to buy an ...

Let’s take a spin around town with some news and notes. — If you spin enough, you are going to need some new tires (and they’re helpful in dodging Lawrence’s army of orange construction cones too.) Well, there’s news that a longtime tire dealer in town is expanding. Plans have ...

There are dinosaurs in Derby. There is soccer in Kansas City. There is modern art in Manhattan. All those entertainment and tourism projects, plus more than 20 others spread throughout Kansas, are receiving millions in state tax dollars via one of the most unique economic development programs ...

Whether it was an impact from tariffs or a tournament, retail sales in Lawrence took a tumble in March, according to the latest report from the state. The state’s April sales tax report — which primarily measures sales that occurred in March — shows taxable sales in Lawrence dropped by ...