Steel beam by steel beam, the Panasonic battery plant in nearby De Soto grows. As it does, look for Kansas to grow its claim of being one of the largest magnets for clean energy projects in the U.S.
A new project by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a private research group is producing new statistics that show Kansas already is in an elite group of states in terms of attracting clean energy ...
With the end now near for The Etc. Shop, it should be no surprise that the owner of a boutique for the miscellany of life has her thoughts turn to the 1980s bleachers of Lawrence High football.
The Etc. Shop, 928 Massachusetts St., got started in 1980 when LHS football was less a game and more a cloud of civic pride that descended each Friday night upon the city. Shop owner and founder Linda Lester had two ...
The vacant lots at 815 and 821 Vermont St. long have been an oddity — a slice of agriculture in the heart of downtown. When the property was owned by former city commissioner and restaurant operator Bob Schumm, he used the sites to grow a variety of produce. Now, even though the property has sold, it still is listed as a private orchard.
Soon, though, look for something else to sprout from the ground: a ...
The University of Kansas is naming its complex of golf practice facilities in west Lawrence after KU alumnus and U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland.
KU received approval on Wednesday from the Kansas Board of Regents to name the conglomeration of practice holes, driving range and putting facilities that the men's and women’s golf teams use the Gary Woodland Golf Complex. The facilities are located at the ...
News and notes from around town:
— A piece of Honduras soon will be occupying a prominent piece of real estate in Lawrence. Motorists near Ninth and Iowa streets soon will start to see a nearly 100-foot mural emerge on the north wall of The Merc, the co-op grocer that anchors the shopping center at the intersection.
The project is part of a national effort by Fairtrade America to highlight farmers and ...
The University of Kansas experienced one of the nation’s largest declines in the much-used U.S. News & World Report rankings released on Monday.
KU fell 30 spots in the overall rankings to No. 151 in the country among public and private universities that have a national footprint. Its ranking among national public schools fell 24 spots to No. 80.
The drop now has KU in the bottom half of the rankings ...
