On a holiday drive through Lawrence you’ll now see more than Christmas lights and flying reindeer. (What? I suppose you are the type that leaves a fire in the fireplace on Christmas Eve.)
These days you might even see some homes for sale.
Finding very many homes for sale in Lawrence has been tricky for a number of years, but the latest numbers from the Lawrence Board of Realtors show the situation is ...
News and notes from around town:
— Time is running out for area residents to give state leaders ideas on how to improve Kansas Highway 10, including a proposal that would widen parts of the state highway with tolled express lanes.
The Kansas Department of Transportation is hosting a virtual public meeting through Jan. 2 to receive suggestions on how the state highway should be improved in the coming years. ...
As Kansans enter the new year, we can do so knowing that our state is no longer a loser — although the margin for error is pretty slim.
After losing population last year, the latest numbers from the U.S. Census show Kansas gained population in 2023. But the growth amounted to only about 4,000 people, or a 0.1% gain, which was well below the national average, which was historically low itself.
Maybe that ...
Twenty Lawrence events next year will share $150,000 in city funding, and city commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday will divvy up those dollars.
Commissioners, as part of their consent agenda, are scheduled to approve a set of recommendations for which community events should receive funding through the city’s guest tax program, which is funded through the special sales tax that is charged on local ...
Something has to change in college athletics, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod told me last week.
“It is clear that we need something different than what we have, or else we are going to spend our lives in court,” Girod said in a brief interview with the Journal-World.
But Girod isn’t sure a new proposal by NCAA President Charlie Baker to give university athletic departments the option to ...
There are plenty of students who dream of growing up to be the next TikTok star or a high-profile social media influencer.
But there are perhaps not plenty of college degrees that help prepare them for that world. University of Kansas officials this week won approval to create a new degree that indeed is targeted to potential social media influencers, plus other performers ranging from athletes to musicians. ...
