Whether you are an undecided voter or a fully decided one who simply hasn’t marked your ballot, time is quickly running out. To state the obvious, Election Day is tomorrow — Tuesday, Nov. 3. But surely you knew that already. If nothing else, you were clued in by the fact that no television program for the last month has been longer than three minutes in order to accommodate all the political ads. (I no ...
Personally, I don’t think roller coasters and the year 2020 mix well. (After all, there is a lot of screaming and little social distancing, which makes it only slightly less dangerous than Thanksgiving dinner.) But the state’s retail economy seems to be on such an up-and-down ride. Each month, I report on the sales tax collections for 10 of the largest retail centers in the state. Last month’s report, ...
The former location of Wake the Dead Donuts in downtown Lawrence is now serving as the home for a business that you certainly might have thought was a goner. If you recall, Argana Cafe was the subject of a previous Town Talk this summer. The Moroccan restaurant opened in an old Pizza Hut location on 23rd Street and was trying to make a name for itself with traditional Mediterranean fare, like fresh couscous, ...
The idea of adding amenities to make the Kansas River more of an attraction in downtown Lawrence is as old as some of my fish tales. Both have filled more time than boats. But in fishing parlance, the bobber is starting to bounce a bit on the idea of the Kaw becoming a community gathering place. City officials have filed for a special use permit that would allow for a host of amenities — everything from ...
LMH Health has figured out that federal funding will buy the hospital about 60,000 COVID-19 test kits, but it hasn’t yet figured out who they will be used on. Leaders at the hospital also have figured out something else: 60,000 isn’t as big of a number as it sounds. “That sounds like a lot, but we’ll go through that very quickly,” Russ Johnson, president and CEO of LMH Health told the hospital’s ...
When Dan Hughes, co-owner of Sunflower Outdoor & Bike, started planning to add a cafe to the store, he figured menu items that could easily fit into the jersey pocket of a bike outfit would be key. Indeed, such offerings are important, but that’s not always how the menu ends up getting used. “I find myself thinking a lot over the last 30 miles of a ride about what I’m going to order and what beer ...