The discount clothing retailer Burlington indeed is coming to Lawrence and will locate in the former Bed Bath & Beyond location on south Iowa Street.
The company has listed on its website Nov. 10 as an opening date for the new store. The company didn’t release the location as part of its announcement, but a construction worker at the former Bed Bath & Beyond site, which is in the Pine Ridge Plaza at ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly expects the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to review the decision-making process of law enforcement officials in Marion County who raided the offices of that community’s newspaper last week.
“If they are doing their job, they are going to be looking at every angle,” Kelly said Tuesday when asked by a reporter about whether the KBI investigation would be reviewing the tactics and ...
In what leaders say is the University of Kansas’ most important project in a generation, the latest score is 125 million to 10.
KU has raised $125 million for its renovation of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in the last 10 months, and university leaders said on Tuesday they fully expect to hold a ribbon cutting for the “transformational” project in 2025.
At a kickoff event that attracted several ...
Several years ago, Byron Myrick made the cut for a managerial position at a Lawrence restaurant, although there was one major condition that came with his hiring: He had to cut his locs.
Myrick did, but he always thought it was wrong that he had to choose his locs or a paycheck.
On Tuesday, city commissioners will consider passing an ordinance that would make Lawrence the first city in the state to declare ...
With flames shooting out of its sides, it didn’t take Bruce Barlow long to surmise his longtime BKB Leather repair shop was going to be a complete loss.
It took him only a few seconds longer to determine that he was going to rebuild the nearly 40-year-old business that has gained a following for everything from shoe repair to leather upholstery.
After all, he knew he had the right resumé for the job. ...
Ever since Panasonic announced it was building a $4 billion, 4,000-job battery plant in nearby De Soto, people have been questioning who will fill all those jobs.
Now, maybe there is another question to ask about those jobs: Do they come with a battery charger?
It appears many of the jobs on the factory floor of the plant will work 12-hour shifts, usually with two days on and then two or three days off, ...
