There are multiple paths to becoming one of the best small cities in America. One might involve really affordable housing, another might involve really high incomes, or another might involve robust job growth. Or, you could eat and drink your way there. Lawrence indeed has been identified ...
A national restructuring may have some local downtown coffee drinkers restructuring their mornings. Starbucks has closed its store at Seventh and Massachusetts streets as part of a national plan that targeted low performing locations. The national chain last week said it would undertake a ...
Retail sales during the back-to-school period surged more in Lawrence than in any other major retail community in the state, according to the latest figures from the Kansas Department of Revenue. It kind of makes you wonder what KU students filled their dorm rooms with this year that they ...
News and notes from around town: Back in the day, the tacos were hot at Torchy’s Tacos on south Iowa Street. But ever since the restaurant near 31st and Iowa streets closed in 2022, the location has been cold. Despite being along a heavily traveled street and near the southern gateway of ...
News and notes from around town: Maybe there is something about the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive that makes it simpatico with the desert. For years it was home to the Salty Iguana Mexican restaurant and now Cactus Grill, a Kansas City-based Tex-Mex restaurant, is set ...
The future of a proposed $234 million solar farm north of Lawrence is facing a pair of calendar challenges — one driven by the Douglas County District Court and the other by President Trump. The Kansas Sky Energy Center — a 600-acre project that would install enough solar panels in ...