For years, a longtime Lawrence family has been helping Topeka-area residents during some of their greatest times of need. Soon, it will start doing the same for Lawrence residents with the opening of a new funeral home and chapel. Peaceful Rest Funeral Chapels & Cremations has finalized a deal to open its first location with a new facility in a long vacant building at 1820 W. Sixth Street. While Peaceful ...
There’s certainly a rumor going around town that Costco’s new Lawrence store will open Oct. 29. However, I’ve heard it enough that I feel like I should pass along that Costco has not officially made that announcement. The company maintains a “coming soon” list on its website to provide updates on store opening dates, and it also sends out press releases a few weeks prior to a store opening. The ...
As many unsuspecting World Cup viewers learned, some soccer games (matches, you American) can end in a tie (a draw, you Ted Lasso-inspired fool.) A tie, a draw, a wash, may end up being the best way to describe the financial impact Lawrence’s economy received from playing host to a World Cup team, Algeria, this summer. The state of Kansas has released its latest monthly sales tax report, and this one ...
UPDATED 6:30 P.M. Plans to build more than a thousand new homes and apartments west of the Bob Billings Parkway and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange hit a snag at Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting. Planning commissioners on a 4-3 vote recommended denial of a request to annex 177 acres of property into the city limits. Unless the Lawrence City Commission overrides the Planning ...
Yes, golf is meant to be a genteel game, but there are occasional four-letter words associated with the sport. The one that has perhaps produced the biggest wince in recent years: T-i-m-e. To play a moderately-challenging 18-hole course requires anywhere from four hours to a pup tent. In a world with more time demands, the time issue has been seen as one of the sport’s biggest growth challenges. The time ...
Bring your hammers and saws to far west Lawrence. It is beginning to look like there will be years worth of building projects in the area. This week, city commissioners approved the annexation of 300 acres that could accommodate several hundred new homes west of the South Lawrence Trafficway. Next week, Lawrence-Douglas County Planning commissioners will consider approving another annexation that could bring ...