UPDATED: 2:45 p.m. May 6, 2021
If a film were made about my days living in a college apartment, it would have been a horror flick. A completely innocent protagonist (me, of course) caught between two monsters — an angry pile of dirty dishes in half the rooms and a stinking pile of laundry in the other half. (Remember, I’m innocent, though.) I don’t know that any films are going to be made, but plans have ...
The old East Lawrence industrial building along Eighth Street near the railroad tracks frequently leaves me feeling hungry. After all, it generally is shaped like a hot dog. (I could never work at the Pentagon because my pizza bills would be too expensive.) Now, it looks like dining at that site might be a possibility.
Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to rezone the old Quonset Hut-like building at ...
Motorists along O’Connell Road soon will start seeing progress on a building that has been in the works for the last 12 years. No, construction delays haven’t gotten that bad, yet. Rather, a Baptist church that purchased land on Lawrence’s far eastern edge a dozen years ago has now filed plans with the city to construct the actual church building.
Cornerstone Community Church has filed plans to build a ...
In Lawrence, there is always a lot of focus on the quest to get to the Final Four. But there are other numerical accomplishments we could focus on too. How about the Last Three?
Don’t clear out a space in the trophy case just yet. We’re talking about taxes, and being in the last three is far from a championship showing.
Every few years, I compare Lawrence’s tax rates to those of other large cities in ...
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 ...
