At first blush, having a couple dozen Abraham Lincoln re-enactors attend a play sounds a bit risky, but it really won’t be. It won't be that fateful and tragic play at Ford's Theatre, but it will be unique. And it also will be nearby, in Lecompton.
Approximately 30 Abraham Lincoln re-enactors — plus some re-enactors of his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln — will be in the small, northwest Douglas County community ...
State funding for higher education in Kansas — including for the University of Kansas — will grow by at least $108 million next year, now that Gov. Laura Kelly has signed the state’s main budget bill.
While the increase is historic in size, it is not enough to answer all the questions surrounding the state’s universities, including how much of a raise university employees might receive now that state ...
I used to think Tuesdays were only good for tacos, but now there’s a new local business that says it's good for two-stepping as well. Yes, Two-Step Tuesdays are a thing now in Lawrence.
But, no, I don’t have news of a new country bar opening in Lawrence. A bar would be too narrow of a definition for what Chase Westheffer and his family have opened along the Kansas Turnpike in North Lawrence. Instead, ...
The University of Kansas hopes to undertake a $40 million renovation of Watson Library, according to a new plan filed with the Kansas Board of Regents.
“It is a building tremendously loved by our alumni,” Dean of Libraries Kevin Smith told the Journal-World on Monday. “They always ask us about Watson and tell us stories about Watson. We know it is an important and iconic building on campus, but the inside ...
I’m not sure that you will get to put one of the National Championship trophies on your mantle, but there soon will be about 130 new homes built in Lawrence that have a connection to the Jayhawks.
Plans have been filed at City Hall to construct a new 132-unit multi-family living complex at the Jayhawk Club, which is the privately owned, west Lawrence country club that has an affiliation agreement with the ...
When Don Benda and his wife, Sarah, decided to move from Atwood to Lawrence seven years ago, his son gave him a piece of advice as they looked for a home.
“He said ‘North Lawrence is Lawrence’s best kept secret,’” Benda recalled.
Benda did end up locating in North Lawrence, started riding his bike around the neighborhood, and came to a conclusion.
Somebody should do something to make North ...
