The eagle has not landed — and that means an unsanctioned homeless camp along the banks of the Kansas River can stay, for now.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has no plans to seek the removal of the unsanctioned camp behind the Amtrak station near Seventh and New Jersey streets in East Lawrence. The camp is producing a large amount of debris and activity on property that has a conservation ...
Here are some news and notes from around town:
— There are many reasons why I’ve fantasized about unleashing a bulldozer on a convenience store. Four-dollar-per-gallon gasoline and payback for that grab-and-go tuna salad sandwich that was a lot more go than grab are among the most common. Well, somebody has bulldozed a Lawrence convenience store, but of course, not for any of those reasons.
The old Shell ...
Let’s go through some news and notes from around town:
• I knew Lawrence was experiencing a boom of drive-thru coffee shops, but I didn’t realize it was such a money-making venture that a new coffee shop needs a bank right next to it. Or maybe it says something about coffee prices.
I'm not sure, but either way, plans definitely have been filed for a new bank building and a new chain, drive-thru coffee ...
In the long history of Charlie’s Eastside bar and grill, it is conceivable some of the gadflies stoked conversation on the legal wrangling that happened a few blocks away at the Douglas County Courthouse.
Now, such wrangling may decide whether the old business is allowed to expand and reopen under new owners and a new style.
Plans to turn the old stone building that used to house Charlie’s Eastside at 900 ...
Nothing But Cake, of course, is a motto that has been serving both me and the elastic waistband industry well for decades. However, Nothing Bundt Cakes is a national dessert chain that soon will be serving Lawrence.
Nothing Bundt Cakes has reached a deal to locate in the shopping center at 2540 Iowa St., according to its website. That's the shopping center that has First Watch and is next door to Applebee’s ...
It is time to check in on Joe and Jane Average and their taxes again.
Sure, you know Joe and Jane. They live in an average Lawrence home and they make an average Lawrence wage. They have friends in cities across the state who also live in average homes in those communities and make average wages in those communities.
About once a year, they get together to compare how much they each pay in taxes and ...
