Certain parts of Lawrence love a good Thomas Fritzel question. My phone started ringing after The Kansas City Star earlier this month published an article raising questions about the propriety of a $9 million federally backed, pandemic-related loan that was given to a little-known company tied to the Fritzel family.
I’ve been looking into the issue too. The Star’s article is definitely interesting, and the ...
It is easy to predict that the economic tally for Lawrence in 2020 won’t be pretty. It also is a good bet that the final analysis will show the 2020 downturn was fueled, in part, by tough times in the city’s rental market, as the pandemic caused hundreds — if not thousands — of students to decide they don’t need a local apartment to attend online classes.
But a new set of federal numbers suggests ...
Lawrence’s oldest Italian restaurant is set to close by the end of the year — with no plans to reopen elsewhere — as a new convenience store development is set to take its place.
Paisano’s Ristorante permanently will close no later than Dec. 31, owner and operator Steve Butland told me. As we reported in August, development plans for a new Kwik Shop convenience store have been filed for Holiday Plaza ...
Hector Juarez grew up in the border town of El Paso, Texas, so he knows something about both Tex and Mex. For one, he knows that particular style of Americanized Mexican food isn’t always what people are looking for. Or, at least, he thinks that is the case. A new Mexican restaurant in eastern Lawrence is set to find out.
Cascada la Golondrina has opened in the shopping center at 23rd and Harper streets, and ...
Years ago, tourism leaders used to call every weekend that featured a home KU football game a million-dollar weekend. I don’t know what impact price inflation and fan deflation have had on that figure, but the point is still the same: The local economy gets a big-dollar boost by spending from football fans.
So it shouldn’t be a surprise that the latest retail sales figures for Lawrence show that September ...
The pandemic has delayed much this year, but leaders at LMH Health have decided it should speed up one thing — pay raises at the hospital.
At a special meeting Thursday evening, LMH’s board of trustees approved a 2.5% pay increase for hospital employees for 2021. But instead of waiting until the new year, the board agreed to make the pay increase effective on Dec. 13. In addition, the hospital has decided ...
