WRITER: Chad Lawhorn

City approves 2 permits for rooftop dining, drinking areas in downtown Lawrence; planners say code allows them in certain situations

Having a beer and a burger on the roof of a downtown Lawrence building soon may be the latest Massachusetts Street experience. No, a ladder won’t be required, nor will a good lawyer to beat the ticket. A leader in the city’s planning department has confirmed owners of two downtown buildings recently have had building permits approved to add rooftop seating areas. One of them is the Sunflower Outdoor ...

Regents to consider KU's plan to raise housing and dining prices; tuition decision will come in spring

The University of Kansas is seeking state approval to raise housing and dining prices by about 2.5% next year, and expects to determine whether to seek a tuition increase in March. The Kansas Board of Regents next week will consider approving a plan that would increase the basic housing and dining plan at KU by about $230 a year, or 2.4%. KU also is seeking approval for about a 3% increase for its newer ...

PHOTOS: Scenes from Veterans Day on the KU campus

The University of Kansas hosted multiple events on Thursday to commemorate Veterans Day. Here's a look at scenes from a ceremony at the Campanile and an open house at the Dole Institute of Politics, which unveiled a new digital display honoring thousands of Kansas veterans.

As craft beer trend grows, downtown gets a new ale house and says goodbye to longtime Quinton's restaurant

Craft beer and competition barbecue will be taking the place of bread bowls of potato soup and pressed sandwiches at the location that formerly housed Quinton’s in downtown Lawrence. That sentence has so many carbs in it, I almost fell asleep writing it. Not that that’s a bad thing. A carb coma from a bowl of Quinton’s potato soup sometimes was the only thing that got me through an afternoon meeting at ...

Proposed deal would increase most Lawrence natural gas bills by about $12 per month to pay for arctic blast of 2021

Updated at 1:16 p.m. Wednesday: Most Lawrence residents soon will know how much last February’s winter storm is going to add to their natural gas bills: about $140 a year for the next five years. Black Hills Energy, the largest natural gas utility in Lawrence, announced Wednesday morning that it had reached a tentative settlement agreement with state regulators on how to charge its customers for extremely ...

Hershey candy company signs deal to buy recently completed Pretzels Inc. plant in Lawrence; part of plan to create 'snacking powerhouse'

Candy-making giant The Hershey Company has signed a deal that will give it ownership of a recently constructed pretzel manufacturing plant in Lawrence. Hershey announced on Wednesday that it had signed agreements to purchase Indiana-based Pretzels Inc., which recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Lawrence VenturePark near 23rd Street and O’Connell Road. Hershey also announced that it has struck a ...