Longtime visitors to the Douglas County Fairgrounds could tell you common sights include horses, rabbits, chickens, and an occasional hairy hog that acted like it was raised on Red Bull energy drinks (That last one was only if my kids were participating in the 4-H swine show.) But close observers, if they turned their heads to the east, would notice another sight: Hundreds of broken down cars at the neighboring ...
The second-largest drug store chain in America has indicated it doesn’t plan on selling a key abortion pill in Kansas, but it also left open the possibility that it may change its mind on the matter.
Walgreens has communicated to Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach that it currently is not selling and doesn’t yet have plans to sell Mifepristone, a pill that is commonly used by physicians to abort a fetus ...
The view from a cliff often produces a big picture.
The University of Kansas indeed stands at the edge of a demographic cliff that is expected to produce a big drop in the number of high school graduates for the university to recruit for years to come. With that in mind, it’s not surprising that KU’s new $30 million Jayhawk Welcome Center was built with a big picture in mind.
But, maybe you weren’t ...
It is one thing to have room to bake bread. It is another to have room to break it. A popular eastern Lawrence bakery has announced plans to open a new location on Massachusetts Street to give it more room to both bake and break.
The folks at 1900 Barker Bakery and Cafe have announced plans to move into the vacant space at 816 Massachusetts St., which used to house Alchemy Coffee. The Massachusetts Street ...
There soon may be a trio of communities in Kansas where teachers don’t have to go through a four-year university degree program before they start serving as K-12 teachers.
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday gave its support to an idea of a pilot program that would allow people who are working in the education field or have special skills related to education — perhaps as a paraeducator or as another ...
Updated at 4:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2023
A plan to renovate KU’s football stadium and build a new “campus gateway” around it has won a $50 million state grant and a commitment of $150 million in funding from the KU Endowment Association.
The Kansas Department of Commerce confirmed to the Journal-World Monday afternoon that the state has awarded KU the grant as part of its University Challenge Grant ...
