At one point, Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart liked his odds.
His department had 10 police officer vacancies, but 100 people had applied to fill the positions. From that 100, Lockhart’s team selected 20 applicants to be considered for the Lawrence Police Department’s multi-month academy that trains new law enforcement officers. In other words, there was good reason to believe that when the academy ...
A plan to build a new soccer/sports complex at the U.S. Highway 59 and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange won’t have a preliminary vote at Lawrence City Hall on Tuesday, as once scheduled.
But the delay isn’t a sign that the project has encountered approval difficulty, a representative of the development group said Monday. Instead, the delay is a procedural one requested by Lawrence’s new mayor.
The ...
A hunt is on to find 500 acres of Douglas County land suitable for industrial development, and Eudora might end up producing the first trophy.
Douglas County economic development leaders on Thursday said they were excited about the possibility of a new 100-acre industrial park forming on the eastern edge of Eudora. The project is not a done deal, but it won a key rezoning vote from the Eudora Planning ...
A Wichita-based developer is pursuing more than $1 billion worth of new projects both south and west of Lawrence — with a $50 million soccer/sports complex and 700 acres of residential development topping the list.
Phil Bundy, a Wichita entrepreneur who has led a host of retail and residential projects over the years, has long been the developer of record for the land at the southeast intersection of U.S. ...
It is safety first for this holiday weekend, which means I’m testing the strength of my elastic waistbands. The only thing that gets stretched harder during the season is my wallet, but the testing of the waistband is more fun. (It may or may not have involved me eating three pieces of pie yesterday.)
With that in mind, here are some news and notes to help with holiday travel, spending and other items. ...
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A horse virus is knocking out one of Lawrence’s grandest — and most heavily visited — Christmas traditions.
Next week’s Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade in downtown Lawrence has been canceled due to a highly contagious virus that is infecting horses in the U.S.
Marty Kennedy, president of the Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, told the Journal-World on Tuesday morning that the ...
