After a more than 20-year wait for the completion of the eastern leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway, it was only natural to wonder what that bypass project would draw to the area. We are getting a pretty clear answer on one front now: large new apartment complexes.
Plans have been filed for a $28 million, 400-plus bedroom apartment complex along the eastern leg of the SLT. The project is slated to go next to ...
There have been a few times that I’ve wished for a “reverse” St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (Reverse hitting “post” on that Facebook photo, reverse getting too close to the Sandbar float, reverse the hypothesis that all types of green dye are easily washable.) That’s not remotely close to the type of reverse St. Patrick’s Day Parade that will happen in Lawrence this year, but organizers of the major ...
Leaders at LMH Health are convinced the state’s largest health insurance company pays LMH less for medical care than hospitals in places like Topeka receive for providing the same type of care.
LMH leaders said this past week that they’ve launched new negotiations with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas to correct the financial discrepancy. And some hospital officials indicated they were willing to get ...
I don’t care how cold it is, it is perfectly appropriate to plan for more ice cream. (I’ll have to put a bed on the porch, but I absolutely can fit another freezer in the house.) A Lawrence hamburger shop indeed is planning for more ice cream, and it will be moving to a new location to make it happen.
Burgers By Biggs soon will be moving to a new west Lawrence location at Bob Billings Parkway and Wakarusa ...
When somebody tells me their product is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I usually say: “Challenge accepted. Bring me a loaf of fresh bread and four pounds of butter.” But what do you do to improve upon sliced bread? A longtime downtown bread shop thinks it knows: Get a bigger space and start using fresh bread to make some sandwiches, among other improvements.
Great Harvest Bread Company has moved ...
Douglas County health leaders expect to provide COVID vaccines to 2,000 people in five hours today, the largest vaccination effort yet in the county, and a bigger 5,000-person event is on the horizon.
Members of the LMH Health board of trustees were told Wednesday that today’s vaccination event at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds marks a new milestone for vaccination efforts in the county. LMH Health is ...
