Plans to add more job-producing businesses at the Lawrence Municipal Airport have been talked about for years. Now, there are signs they are nearing takeoff.
A Eudora-based company has signed a deal to take over an entire hangar at the airport in North Lawrence to repair helicopters. EuroTec Vertical Flight Solutions has completed a purchase of the airport hangar long owned by local pilot Al Stuber. ...
Convenience stores sometimes make me anxious too. When I enter and see the doughnut case only has one creme-filled pastry left, I break into an anxious sprint. It appears some of you are anxiously wondering whether two major convenience store chains are going to follow through on their previously announced plans to build in Lawrence.
The short answer appears to be yes, both Casey’s and QuikTrip are still on ...
Previously, one of the few things I knew about sidewalks was: If you wait long enough, the snow will melt. Now, I know another thing: All that rage people had over the city making property owners pay to fix city sidewalks in front of their homes didn’t carry much weight at the ballot box.
There were only two real supporters of the city's sidewalk policy, and both of them won on Tuesday night. Stuart Boley ...
About 22% of voters turned out for Tuesday’s city and school board elections, which made it one of the better turnouts for local races this decade.
Not bad for a night when the Kansas Jayhawks had a 6 p.m. tipoff, which is normally prime time for voters returning home from work.
“Historically, as you get closer to the game, the voting drops off quite a bit,” Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said early ...
Tucked between Topeka and Kansas City, Lawrence long has been known as a town with plenty of commuters. But the city never has been able to say this before: If you live in Lawrence and have a job, it is now more likely than not that your job is located outside of Lawrence.
New federal and state data show that 53% of all Lawrence residents who have a job commute outside the city to get to that job. That number, ...
The days around Halloween are a good reminder of why kids need a place to burn off excess energy. (Even unloading the family U-Haul of discount candy doesn’t wear them out.) Soon, area parents may have one fewer place to take their kids. The owners of Laugh Out Loud Family Zone have announced they are closing their business early next year.
For nearly eight years, Laugh Out Loud has offered indoor playground ...
