A Denver-based hospitality company has bought Lawrence’s The Oread, and will rebrand the hotel on the edge of the University of Kansas campus as a Hilton hotel.
Mission Hill Hospitality announced Monday that it has completed a deal to purchase The Oread, and will change the name of the property to the Oread Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton.
“This acquisition presented a unique opportunity to expand ...
The University of Kansas is expecting its largest freshman class in at least a decade, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Journal-World.
KU started fall classes on Monday, and will have official enrollment totals by mid-September. Girod expects the freshman totals to be strong, but he stopped short of saying overall enrollment at KU’s Lawrence campus would increase. KU’s Lawrence campus enrollment ...
It would still be several weeks before a game of southern California musical chairs would set the college football world on edge. In other words, USC and UCLA had not yet surprised the sports world by bolting to the Big Ten Conference and leaving their longtime Pac-12 home in disarray.
Nonetheless, as Dale Seuferling sat in his office at KU Endowment and answered questions about his pending retirement as ...
There’s such a thing as an urban myth, and perhaps, there’s a Douglas County myth too. The urban one is likely to make its appearance around a campfire, a water cooler or even a bar.
The Douglas County variety tends to show up around tax time.
As Douglas County property owners face their largest property tax increase in recent memory — many tax bills will be at least 10% higher than a year ago — ...
Call it the Douglas County dichotomy.
In a year when many Douglas County residents may have to dip into their savings accounts to pay their property tax bills, Douglas County government is significantly growing its savings account.
A review of Douglas County’s proposed 2023 budget found that commissioners are poised to start 2023 with fund balance totals — the equivalent of savings accounts or rainy day ...
Call it a flock, call it a mass, call it a very long line of vehicles. Whatever you call it, Lawrence motorists should know that several thousand Jayhawks will be arriving in town on Thursday and Friday.
Motorists should expect significant traffic delays on parts of Iowa Street, 23rd Street, Clinton Parkway and Bob Billings Parkway on Thursday and Friday as University of Kansas students start moving into ...
