Story updated at 4:47 p.m. Friday: Evergy plans to close its coal-fired power plant just outside of Lawrence by 2023, the electric utility company disclosed Friday in a regulatory filing. Evergy, which is the company that was formed when Westar and KCP&L merged, said the Lawrence Energy Center is its oldest remaining coal-fired power plant. The company plans to close the facility as part of a ...
A tractor isn’t going to win many races against an airplane, but indeed tractors are going to have the final victory at the Airport Motel property in North Lawrence. A new dealership of tractors, lawn mowers and other outdoor equipment is expected to locate at the longtime motel site this fall. Who knows, a tractor might even help push down the last vestiges of the 1950s roadside motel. A family connected ...
Lawrence’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade was virtual this year, but the money it produced was real. Organizers announced they raised almost $50,000 to benefit area nonprofits that help children. “As they always do, the Lawrence business community came through for us,” Janet Cinelli, co-executive director of the Lawrence St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee, said via email. “As they always do, our parade ...
Not everybody was a winner this last Valentine’s Day. (Thinking that I had bought a box of chocolates to share with my beloved, for instance, was not a winning idea.) Lawrence’s economy was not among the winners in February either, but it had quite a bit of company, according to new sales tax figures from the state. The Kansas Department of Revenue has released its April sales tax report (thinking ...
Buffets are back. Let that sink in for a moment. In fact, take all the time you need because I want to make sure I beat you to the line (and I’m out of practice running with a shovel.) Any buffet is a step toward a return to normalcy, but I have news of a new restaurant — a bit of a rarity in itself — that features a buffet. That may be a double sign. Globe Indian Food has opened at 619 Massachusetts ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Monday Kansas will get to keep all of its current seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, federal Census data confirmed on Monday, but the state still had its worst population showing since the Great Depression. The data showed Kansas’ population grew at one of the slowest rates in the state’s history. Over the last decade Kansas added only 84,762 people. Its 2020 population stood ...