WRITER: Chad Lawhorn

Concept plan shows KU would build 600-seat conference/event center in north bowl of football stadium; south end would get new plaza area

Story updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday: KU plans to build a 600-person conference and event center that would be integrated into the north bowl of its football stadium, according to a concept plan obtained by the Journal-World. While the plans aren’t set in stone, the concept answers one of the biggest questions that’s been floating around Jayhawk tailgaters this season: Where is everyone going to park and ...

Regents approve policy that will require KU, other state universities to get new approvals to change athletic conferences

If the University of Kansas ever decides it wants to change athletic conferences, it will have to win some state approvals that aren’t required today. Members of the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday unanimously approved a policy that will require any Regents university — KU, K-State, Wichita State, Fort Hays State, Pittsburg State and Emporia State — to get approvals from at least three ...

KU proposing housing, dining rate increases of nearly 5% as inflation and labor costs surge

Get ready to see new signs of inflation at KU and most other public universities in the state. The University of Kansas and every other Regents school in the state are planning to make significant increases to their housing and dining rates for the upcoming school year. In one popular category, KU is asking for the largest percentage increase of any of the six Regents universities, and KU generally will ...

Bed Bath & Beyond to close its lone Lawrence store, creating opening for new retailer in Pine Ridge Plaza

Shoppers will soon have to look beyond Lawrence to find a Bed Bath & Beyond. The chain retailer has announced that it is closing its lone Lawrence location. The store in the Pine Ridge Plaza shopping center near 33rd and Iowa streets has the going-out-of-business signs up and is running deep discounts. The retailer had announced in early September that it planned to close about 150 stores across the ...

Group forms to create 1,500-member union to represent KU faculty members; vote expected in coming months

UPDATED 8:30 A.M. NOV. 15, 2022 Professors and other academics at the University of Kansas are taking public steps to form a union that would represent more than 1,500 KU faculty members. Several KU faculty members have banded together to form United Academics of the University of Kansas. The group is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors. ...

City says homeless camp with 80 tents isn't a campground; if it said otherwise, it would be violating its own zoning code

As a city-operated campground for the homeless has grown on the edge of downtown, business owners in recent weeks have begun protesting that the central business district is no place for such a campground. Come to find out, they may have a powerful document on their side: the city’s own zoning code. When questioned by the Journal-World this week, the city’s director of planning acknowledged that a ...