There are new questions surrounding the legality of the unsanctioned homeless camp on city-owned property behind the Amtrak train station in East Lawrence. Actually, the questions may be circling overhead.
Bald eagles.
An inquiry by the Journal-World has found that the city-owned property along the banks of the Kansas River is the site of a conservation easement held by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and ...
Let’s do some news and notes from around town:
— Look for a fairly sizable apartment complex to spring up near the intersection of 23rd Street and O’Connell Road. Plans have been filed for a project that would build eight two-story apartment buildings on the approximately 8.5 acres that sit at the southwest corner of the intersection.
In total, the apartment complex would have 128 apartments, with half ...
Talks for the city to buy a vacant lot near 19th and Haskell for a new homeless shelter project have fallen through, according to an owner of the property.
Tony Krsnich, who leads a group that owns the property at 800 Lynn St., told me that negotiations with the city have ended without a deal. I reached out to Krsnich on Wednesday morning knowing that city commissioners on Tuesday evening met in executive ...
County officials oppose putting a new homeless project on county-owned land by the Lawrence Community Shelter, in part, because the site isn’t visible enough in the community and is too near the Douglas County Jail.
A county spokeswoman on Wednesday said those were two of four strong reservations that the county expressed to city officials when they asked about putting a project that would provide 75 tiny ...
The top leaders of the Douglas County Republican Party have come together to unanimously ask the City of Lawrence, county commissioners and other local governments to immediately reduce taxes.
New Douglas County GOP Chair Brent Hoffman said approximately 55 precinct committee men and women approved a resolution asking local governments to revert their local tax collections back to levels last seen in 2021. ...
In the course of one day, Douglas County officials have changed their tune on whether they think a proposed village project for the homeless would be appropriate on county-owned land behind the Lawrence Community Shelter.
On Monday, a top county official said county staff had never researched whether use of the county-owned land would be feasible for the project, which is being pursued by city officials.
But ...
