A pair of area businessmen — a restaurant owner and a building contractor — have plans to convert a local motel into a new venture far from their own fields: a drug and alcohol treatment center.
Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to rezone the Super 8 motel at 801 Iowa Street to a zoning category that will allow for an extended care facility on the site. Local businessmen David Hawley, an owner of ...
During the recent heat wave, I’m almost certain my air conditioner was making an odd noise. No, it wasn’t a hum or a rattle. More like a chant: I’m going to take all your money. I’m going to take all your money. I’m going to take all your money.
Just imagine what it would say if electric rates in Lawrence and the surrounding area increase by more than 9%.
That’s a possibility with the latest rate ...
A longtime Lawrence printing operation that gained renown across the country as a publisher of scientific journals and magazines will close by the end of October, according to the Minnesota-based company that bought it earlier this year.
The business formerly known as Allen Press will cease all printing and distribution operations at its East Lawrence facility in the coming weeks, according to a memo from ...
KU’s commencement ceremony in 2024 will include its traditional walk down the Hill into the football stadium — even if you might feel like you need to wear a hardhat instead of a mortarboard.
University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod recently promised that construction activity at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium won’t prevent KU from having its commencement ceremonies at the stadium, even though ...
A woman is strolling along a highway just outside of Garnett naked.
Indeed, that is a disruption in the Anderson County community of about 3,200 people approximately an hour south of Lawrence. But it’s also something else: The beginning of a journey to Lawrence.
Days later, the woman had arrived at the Lawrence Public Library.
Then, about 30 minutes after arrival, the local 911 call comes in.
“There ...
I can’t spend a lot of time on any one topic because I have to go out every 30 minutes to hug and kiss my air conditioner to make sure it knows I love it. So, let’s do some quick news and notes from around town.
— Lawrence’s Dale Willey Automotive is no longer a Buick dealership. After decades and decades of carrying that General Motors brand, Dale Willey dropped Buick at the beginning of August. ...
