Inflation soon will find your golf game — even if you are able to cut down on your three-putts.
The price of golf at the city-run Eagle Bend Golf Course will increase by about 20% next month, and that is just the beginning for all types of fee increases for Parks and Recreation activities in the city.
Swimming, youth baseball, adult kickball and, yes, even cemetery burials are set to increase on Feb. 1, as ...
City commissioners Tuesday took another step to make Lawrence the first city in the state to prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to tenants who receive government assistance, such as Section 8 housing vouchers.
After about two hours of divided public comment, city commissioners expressed support for an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from discriminating against potential tenants on the basis of ...
A capacity crowd of about 200 people got a Martin Luther King Jr. prescription filled at a downtown community breakfast honoring the late civil rights leader on Monday.
Its most potent active ingredient: Personal courage.
“All of us here has it to a degree,” keynote speaker Gary Steele told the crowd at Maceli’s Banquet Hall. “But I think we are all going to need a little more personal courage if we ...
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Let’s do some news and notes from around town:
— You’ve had about five years to get your Danish degree at the University of Kansas. No, I’m not talking about the language. I’m talking about the flaky, fruit filled Danishes sold at McLain’s Market at the top of the hill.
If you haven’t gotten that degree, now is your time to cram. The Kansas City-based bakery and ...
Former KU men’s basketball coach Ted Owens remembers it all the time, but it had been a long while since he had seen it: Teammates hugging after winning the regional championship to advance to the 1971 Final Four.
“This tells it all,” Owens said on Friday, pointing to a mural of the scene that hangs in the hallway leading to the University of Kansas men’s basketball offices. “I call that ...
Let’s do some news and notes about a couple of places around town. One is a place where businesses time and again try to locate but can’t, and the second is a spot that is proving to be a difficult place for a business to remain open.
First, the much-sought-after spot. I’m talking about the intersection of the South Lawrence Trafficway and Iowa Street in south Lawrence. It is one of the few intersections ...
