At one point, the future of the golf course and driving range along Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence was a bit like many of my golf balls: difficult to see and slightly treacherous to reach.
But now the Twin Oaks Golf Course and driving range has a new owner and has reopened for the season, which is something that the last owner wasn’t sure would happen.
“I saw a lot of potential here,” said new ...
Kansas has a definite case of test anxiety these days.
Whether the Kansas high school students who are taking the ACT standardized tests are nervous is unknown, but higher education leaders certainly are nervous about the results they are posting.
The Kansas Board of Regents this past week received its annual report on a host of education statistics, and none of them produced more alarm than a steep and ...
The Kansas Board of Regents had no problem in approving a new tuition plan for Wichita State University that will allow large numbers of out-of-state students to qualify for cheaper in-state tuition.
The reason was simple, Regents said.
“When we import a student in from another state, that is like creating a new job for the state,” Regent and Lawrence resident Wint Winter said. “It is similar from a ...
A change in the calendar has not brought a change to one of Lawrence’s most expensive trends. Lawrence home prices continue to rise in 2022, according to the first set of data for the new year.
The Lawrence Board of Realtors has released home sales data for January and February, and the numbers show the median selling price of homes thus far is up nearly 18% for 2022.
The rising price of homes coincides ...
Grass in my neighborhood can be a two-way frustration. At one point in the season, my neighbors wonder whether I will ever grow it. At another point, they wonder if I will ever cut it. (You just can’t please some neighbors.) But a pair of north-side businesses that can help on both ends are opening, as North Lawrence makes a bid to become the grass capital of Lawrence.
Both Heinen Outdoor Power Equipment and ...
A tuition increase for University of Kansas students next year may be in the cards after all.
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday acknowledged that Gov. Laura Kelly’s recommended budget for higher education — which included a historic increase for the state’s universities — may not get fully funded by the Kansas Legislature.
Part of Kelly’s recommended budget called for a tuition freeze next ...
