Perhaps you plan to embark on an ancient activity that we once thought was relegated to drawings on the walls of caves: a summer vacation. If so, know that the DNA of children has not changed since your last one. They still will ask the time-immortal question: How much longer?
It is a fair question to ask in Lawrence about another arduous journey — the community’s trek to regain all the jobs it lost during ...
The Lawrence Public Library last week moved to a new phase of its reopening — including dropping its mask requirement — but it also is considering a permanent reduction in hours that would continue after the pandemic is over.
The library moved into its blue phase on June 1, which eliminated restrictions on how long people could stay in the library at a given time, added more seating areas, and moved the ...
There’s a good chance the most popular Halloween costume in Lawrence this year will be a bicyclist. (Mine will be fully accurate, complete with defibrillator attached to my chest.) I say that because planning is well underway to host a bike race that is expected to attract more than 1,000 riders to Lawrence this Halloween.
“That probably would be the biggest bike event to ever happen in Douglas County,” ...
An odd tax story is taking shape in Douglas County this year, and the Lawrence Public Library is one of the first organizations to get a reading on it.
The oddity: Home prices are soaring in Lawrence as the city suffers a shortage of available homes. Normally those rising home prices would mean the county’s overall tax base would take a significant jump too, which normally leads to local governments getting ...
There have been hopes by some west Lawrence residents and developers alike that a large grocery store would locate near the Bob Billings interchange on the South Lawrence Trafficway. But those hopes are dimming as owners of the property have filed plans to change the zoning on much of the vacant land from commercial to residential uses.
If you were a fan of the grocery store idea, consider it another victim of ...
There was a time during February’s polar vortex when I thought it might take me five years to feel my fingers again. Instead, it may just take me five years to pay off the gas bill from the historic winter storm.
That’s not hyperbole. Black Hills Energy, the largest natural gas provider in Lawrence, has announced its plan for charging people for the large amounts of expensive natural gas that were used ...
