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 ...
A game-changing moment for Lawrence may be coming near the Rock Chalk Park sports complex. No, this one won’t happen on a court, but rather may happen on vacant pasture land near the complex in northwest Lawrence.
Plans have been filed to annex 100 acres of vacant property just north of Rock Chalk Park into the city limits. Why might that be a game-changer? Because Lawrence is short of new lots to build ...
Your community’s next leading activist may come from a place you wouldn’t expect: the hospital’s boardroom.
A panel of health care leaders from across the country gathered at the University of Kansas on Friday to discuss coming changes for small and rural hospitals, and they agreed that the chief executives of those hospitals likely would have to undergo change too.
“I look at what the skill set will ...
There’s no shortage of worries in the restaurant industry these days, but one longtime Wichita operator has crossed one worry off his list: He and his brother/business partner will achieve their goal of expanding into Lawrence.
“Restaurants aren’t just going to die,” Wichita restaurant owner Brad Steven told me. “Restaurants are what people love to do. They love to go out and eat and drink. We are ...
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Two of the largest health care entities in Douglas County are expected to start providing COVID vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11 next week.
Both LMH Health and Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health have announced plans to begin administering the vaccine now that it has won necessary federal approvals.
LMH said it would offer the vaccine at all of its clinics and ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday agreed to use the gymnasiums of two city recreation centers for overnight shelter of the homeless, despite the city’s fire chief expressing concerns about the safety of the idea.
Commissioners at their weekly meeting unanimously approved a plan to use the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., and the East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th Street, to each house up ...
