When you work with 6-foot tall chickens, having the right amount of space is important. Considerations like those are behind plans filed by a Lawrence businessman and artist to set up shop in a North Lawrence industrial location. Mike Riggs is seeking a special permit from Lawrence City Hall to locate Riggs Fabrication at an existing industrial space at 912 N. Third St. in North Lawrence. For the past five ...
Will Soo, owner of Lawrence’s new Lucky Seb’s Dumpling Bar & Grill, is the mastermind behind a Chinese-style dumpling stuffed with a traditional loaded American baked potato. What’s going on in that mind to create that combination? “I’m Chinese American,” Soo said. “I was born here and grew up in the Midwest with an identity crisis. This food is just a mashup of what I liked growing up.” ...
If you remember back in January, the big news was that every man, woman and child would soon be getting a $600 COVID-19 relief check from the federal government. Well, the checks certainly came, and in most Kansas communities, a big boost in spending followed. But that wasn’t the case in Lawrence. The latest sales tax numbers from Kansas officials show that Lawrence’s business activity is off to the ...
It is one thing as a dean at the University of Kansas to be asked to make sweeping cuts to your department to help the overall university deal with frightening budget shortfalls. It is another thing to be asked to do so without the benefit of some of the most basic financial statements for your department. One is like the pressure of a particularly tough final exam. The other is like the pressure of a ...
If you have a slice as bad as mine, you’ve maybe played golf indoors before. (A Berber carpet makes for a good lie, and I’ve found a 7-iron works great, depending on the size of the picture window you’re going through.) Regardless, Lawrence may soon be getting an actual indoor golf facility along Kansas Highway 10 east of town. Plans have been filed for a new indoor driving range, golf facility and ...
When I saw palm trees at a new west Lawrence home, I knew they weren’t a mirage fueled by Caribbean withdrawal symptoms. (My Caribbean withdrawal mirages usually are of the all-you-can-eat buffets on the cruise ship that used to take me there.) Indeed, there are palm trees at the home under construction at 5113 Cedar Grove Way. And, yes, they indeed are fake. But are they legal under the city’s code? So ...