You could argue, stained glass windows in a church are like icing is to a cake. If so, members of St. Luke AME church in East Lawrence are about to get their sweet rewards.
Construction crews were on site at the church on Tuesday installing a mix of new and refurbished stained glass panes at St. Luke, 900 New York St. It is the near culmination of a process that began about a year ago.
“I know everyone has ...
University of Kansas employees who want to avoid getting a COVID vaccine now can receive a religious exemption by simply signing their name to a form, under changes confirmed by the university on Tuesday.
In addition, university employees have been given until Jan. 18 to make either a religious or medical exemption request, which is several weeks later than KU’s original deadline.
KU's form for religious ...
An apartment complex for low-income seniors is in the works near Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street, thanks to what is expected to be an influx of affordable housing funds from the federal government.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority has filed plans at City Hall that will allow it to expand its existing Clinton Place apartment complex, 2125 Clinton Parkway, by 32 apartments. All of the apartments ...
It is about the people, which, of course, people say with various levels of conviction all the time.
But when for the last 17 years you have run an institute named after a person, you may have a more sincere belief in the power of people than most.
That’s where Bill Lacy, the retiring director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, finds himself these days. As his tenure ...
In these days after Thanksgiving, it is leftover season in my house, which is not a profitable season. (My elastic waistband budget has to double just to keep up with demand.) But I’ve found one new Lawrence business where it is always leftover season, and it is betting it will be a profitable one too.
But here’s the thing: This business deals not in Thanksgiving leftovers but in eBay leftovers.
All ...
There are all types of logistical problems in today’s world. Sometimes they revolve around a mass of cargo ships anchored off a California port. Other times they revolve around a question: What am I going to do with all this stuff that has piled up over the last 30 years?
A new landscape center slated for North Lawrence is coming into existence thanks to that type of problem.
The owners of Lawrence ...
