Dick’s Sporting Goods has temporarily closed its store in Lawrence, but there are no signs that it has made a decision to leave the Lawrence market. Rather, signs on the front door of the big box retailer at 27th and Iowa streets state the building is closed for “deep cleaning.” The signs don’t say whether the store was a site of a COVID-19 outbreak, and the Douglas County Health Department does not ...
Kwik Shop is the latest convenience store chain to decide to expand its Lawrence presence, but its plan is poised to dislocate several longtime businesses on south Iowa Street in the process. The parent company for Kwik Shop — EG America — has filed plans at City Hall to build a Kwik Shop convenience store and fueling station, along with a separate car wash, at the northwest corner of 25th and Iowa ...
Projects of all shapes and sizes are vying for their share of nearly $25 million in federal pandemic funding that has been allocated to Douglas County. There’s a nearly half-million-dollar campground for homeless people (recommended for funding) and about $270,000 for tents for outdoor classrooms at KU (not recommended). There’s training for the community to better recognize racial and diversity issues, ...
Figuring out how to distribute nearly $25 million of unexpected federal funding related to the pandemic can be a bit like standing in front of a massively stocked buffet (remember those?) but having only one plate to fill: It takes a lot of planning, and it can get messy. Douglas County commissioners have that type of chore in front of them. Journal-World reporter Dylan Lysen on Thursday provided a broad ...
I’ve long wanted to combine “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Karate Kid.” The movie could have been an hour shorter if Mr. Miyagi would have led that sad-sack group of characters. (Full disclosure: I’m a proud Kansan who has never fully watched “The Wizard of Oz,” despite having a role in a school production.) Well, don’t look for a mashup of the two films, but they are part of a new drive-in movie ...
May normally is a banner month in Lawrence. Graduation ceremonies, full hotel rooms, bustling restaurants, catered parties and much more. This May, there were banners all right in Lawrence. Most of them read “closed.” The latest sales tax report from the state of Kansas — it is the July report but due to normal reporting delays the numbers mostly represent sales made in May — gives a glimpse at how ...