The future of a proposed $234 million solar farm north of Lawrence is facing a pair of calendar challenges — one driven by the Douglas County District Court and the other by President Trump.
The Kansas Sky Energy Center — a 600-acre project that would install enough solar panels in northern Douglas County to power 30,000 homes — already is facing an existential threat from a lawsuit filed by neighbors of ...
UPDATED 2:05 P.M., SEPT. 8
Multiple state and federal agencies are investigating Lawrence Kia and several of its related companies for conspiracy, theft and other allegations, the Kansas Department of Revenue has confirmed.
As the Journal-World reported on Thursday, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers blocked the entrance to the Lawrence Kia dealership on East 23rd Street, and multiple law enforcement officers ...
I have a standing policy about rumors regarding Costco coming to Lawrence: I’ll believe them when my U-Haul is backed up to the Lawrence store to load the dozens of Costco cakes. (That would be an inevitability because my household loves Costco cake.)
Over the last 15 years or so, I’ve just heard too many unfounded rumors from shoppers who traveled to one of the KC metro Costco stores and heard from an ...
UPDATED 5:47 p.m. Sept. 4
Multiple Kansas Highway Patrol troopers spent hours Thursday blocking the driveway and scouring the property of the Lawrence Kia dealership in an operation that was connected to the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Exactly what the law enforcement officers were doing and the status of the Kia dealership remained unclear as of Thursday evening.
Beginning Thursday morning a Highway ...
Downtown Lawrence’s tallest office building may soon have a new owner. A big “for sale” sign recently went up on the US Bank Tower building at the southeast corner of Ninth and Massachusetts streets.
As the name implies, US Bank is a major occupant of the building, with its Lawrence headquarters located on the first floor. However, there are four floors above that, and they have a number of smaller, ...
Whether you hang out at beaches or local government boardrooms (which one leaves you redder is a debate for another day) the Labor Day weekend is an unofficial marker. For the beach bums, it marks the unofficial end of summer. For the government gurus, it marks the beginning of the end of budget season.
Douglas County commissioners earlier this week approved the county’s 2026 budget with a slight property ...
