UPDATED: 11:50 A.M. FEB. 10, 2023
Lawrence parking lots are becoming more exciting and confusing. Are my fellow motorists honking and enthusiastically gesturing that I’m No. 1 because of my great driving skills, or is that just the double espresso talking? Yes, drive-thru coffee shops are becoming Lawrence’s latest trend, and I have word of a new chain coming to a south Iowa parking lot.
Seven Brew Drive ...
For me, Christmas in August often means a court order compelling me to take down my holiday lights. But for a new business on Lawrence’s 23rd Street, it means a classroom full of people who are eager to start on their list of Christmas cards.
Of course, these aren’t ordinary people. They’re crafters, and they don’t just send Christmas cards. They make them too.
There are a couple of truisms involved ...
The city of Lawrence is looking to hire more people to work at a city-operated campsite for the homeless so that the North Lawrence camp can have 24-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week staffing.
City Manager Craig Owens told commissioners at their meeting Tuesday evening that finding staffing has been a challenge, but that the city was bettering its salary offers to try to attract individuals with specific ...
The oldest fraternity at KU has disaffiliated from the university, following a national trend of Greek organizations breaking up with their schools.
Beta Theta Pi formally broke ties with the University of Kansas in early December, meaning the 150-year-old fraternity will continue to exist but no longer will have to follow rules set by KU’s various leadership councils and other organizations that monitor ...
Lawrence has an official goal to be the “most business-friendly community in the region,” but a new survey found that less than half of the city’s business community currently finds the city friendly.
City commissioners at their meeting Tuesday evening received the results of the community’s first business satisfaction survey, which included responses from 308 business representatives in the community. ...
A Douglas County plan to build a southward extension of Wakarusa Drive doesn’t have the city of Lawrence’s support, but the county may get nearly $4 million of city funds nonetheless.
After hearing from more than 20 area residents who strongly opposed the roadway extension, city commissioners agreed to provide $3.6 million of city money that once was set aside to help fund the Wakarusa Drive extension. But ...
