Lawrence got its welcome into the Big 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.
Consider these numbers: 1st District Democratic candidate Jimmy Beard won Douglas County by 17,125 votes, receiving 75% of the vote in the largest county in the sprawling 1st District. Yet, Beard came nowhere close to winning the overall 1st District. He lost to incumbent Republican Tracey Mann by 83,782 votes.
To put it another ...
Brad Ziegler is convinced that a German stonemason a century ago saved lives at his Lawrence restaurant last Friday.
Ziegler got a call from the manager at his Big Mill restaurant saying that a vehicle had crashed through the storefront of the restaurant at the corner of Ninth and Mississippi streets. When Ziegler arrived on scene, a simple thought went through his mind.
“I just kept thinking how lucky it ...
An ordinance to prohibit the homeless from camping in downtown Lawrence continues to be pushed for after a two-hour meeting between business and city leaders on Monday left unresolved downtown safety concerns.
About 60 people attended a Downtown Lawrence Inc. meeting on Monday morning, with several business owners saying their employees are frightened as they come to and from work, and they are hearing from ...
The owners of Johnny’s Tavern are closing the business’s iconic North Lawrence location for the foreseeable future in an effort to pressure officials to make changes to a city-operated homeless camp next to the bar.
Owner Rick Renfro told the Journal-World Monday afternoon that he plans to close the Johnny’s Tavern location at 401 N. Second St. on Tuesday morning.
How long the tavern — which dates ...
Lawrence’s police chief has sent out a department memo making it clear that police officers aren’t expected to have a “hands off” approach with the homeless, and he provided guidelines on when to issue citations or make arrests.
The issue has gained new attention as business owners and others have raised concerns about illegal camping and aggressive behavior by some members of the homeless community ...
It is a piece of business advice you don’t hear in every how-to-become rich book: Be willing to enjoy what you are doing.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Tom Dobski, an owner of Lawrence’s McDonald’s franchise, ranks it as a key to business success. After all, he literally sells happy in a box (you know, the one with a cheeseburger, fries and an all-important toy.)
Soon, he’ll be selling ...
