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 ...
Every good Halloween costume has an ample earhole. It is a necessity as costumed children scramble up and down sidewalks, fueled by sugar, occasionally bouncing off light poles. A good earhole lets you hear of the bounty that awaits. Did you hear about the house that is giving away full-size Snickers? Are those caramel popcorn balls? Where did you get an entire can of pop???? As trick-or-treaters take to ...
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 ...
As the calendar turned to fall, Lawrence’s housing market simply continued its fall. Home sales in September fell by 17% compared with a year ago and, in a sign of the times, that double-digit decline actually could be counted as an improvement. Lawrence home sales were down 45% in July and 23% in August, so the 17% decline last month could be a sign that the worst is over for the local housing market. But ...