Story updated at 8:54 p.m. Monday I have heard from several of you about questions related to the stay-at-home order issued by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health that takes effect Tuesday. I probably don’t have answers to all your questions, but here is a look at a few. • What will close? The list of businesses that can stay open as “essential businesses” is broad. Some of you have ...
UPDATED STORY (03-25-20): East Hills Business Park call center now says employee lied about testing positive for COVID-19 • • • • • • • • • ORIGINAL STORY: One of Lawrence’s largest private employers is temporarily closing one of its buildings in the East Hills Business Park seemingly over COVID-19 concerns, but its facility next door is remaining open. The call center operator Maximus ...
When The Washington Post went looking for “coronavirus deniers and hoaxers” — as its headline said — it landed in a town not far from here. The Franklin County community of Wellsville took center stage in the article written by national correspondent Annie Gowen, who is based out of Lawrence. Why Wellsville, a community of about 1,800 people that is just a few miles east and south of Baldwin City? I ...
I always assumed drive-thrus were out of the question when it came to marriage planning, which is why the rehearsal dinner was in the dining room of the McDonald’s. But now, in this crazy virus world, drive-thru weddings might become a thing in Lawrence. A rural Lawrence bed and breakfast that does at least 75% of its business via weddings is now offering a drive-thru ceremony. The owner touts that it will ...
Maybe you have already heard this one, but it seems worth repeating: It has been quite a year this week. We already can say with certainty that 2020 will go down as a crazy year, but how crazy is yet to be seen. One item worth watching is the economic reports to come. They’ll give some sense of how big of a hit the Lawrence economy takes from virus-related disruptions. I don’t have any of those numbers ...
Leaders of LMH Health on Wednesday said they were making long-term preparations for dealing with the spread of COVID-19, which they expect to grow much wider in the coming weeks. “We need to be prepared for not only the next six weeks but the next six months,” LMH President and CEO Russ Johnson told the hospital’s board of trustees at a Wednesday meeting that was conducted by conference call. Johnson ...