Lawrence city commissioners heard about an hour’s worth of public comment on Tuesday urging the city to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Hamas conflict that is producing large numbers of civilian casualties in the Middle East.
Some commenters went so far as to say that a failure to support a resolution calling for a ceasefire would put the city on the side of genocide.
During the ...
Let’s take a look at some news and notes from around town:
— Motorists soon should notice large amounts of construction work at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Folks Road. Capitol Federal Savings has started work on a new branch bank at the site.
We reported in March that Capitol Federal had filed plans to build on the vacant lot. But work did not begin over the summer. Now it has, and Capitol ...
The University of Kansas has announced four finalists vying to become the next dean of the School of Engineering.
KU leaders are nearing the end of a process to find a replacement for Dean Arvin Agah, whose five-year appointment as dean ends in December. Agah announced at the beginning of the year that he would not seek another term as dean, but instead would remain on the faculty and return to teaching and ...
Story updated at 1:25 p.m. Nov. 1, 2023:
Costs to renovate the University of Kansas’ football stadium and add a conference center to its north bowl are likely to be more than $100 million greater than what KU leaders expected just a year ago.
Members of the Kansas Board of Regents have received word that KU now expects its first phase of renovations at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium to cost $448 ...
Another big, proposed renewable energy project in Douglas County appears likely to face big opposition.
If you have driven around rural Douglas County at all in recent months, you’ve surely seen the yard signs opposing “industrial” solar projects and big wind energy farms. Neighbors from the eastern and southwestern parts of the county have teamed up to oppose talk of a solar farm near the county line of ...
I don’t know if it was all the notebooks and pencils or if it was parents hosting their own private celebrations, but the return of kids to school returned Lawrence’s retail scene to slightly healthier ground.
The latest statistics from the Kansas Department of Revenue show Lawrence experienced an 18 percent increase in sales tax collections during the time period that normally is punctuated by ...
