News and notes from around town:
— The day is likely coming that you could travel from the east side of town to the west side of town and have a piece of Casey’s pizza the whole way.
And, of course, this in no way involves eating more slowly.
Rather, there are signs that a full-fledged Casey’s is coming to the eastern side of Lawrence, one of the few locations in town that doesn’t yet have the ...
If pigs could fly ... they still might not be as indispensable as the one inside the bathroom of Footprints, the longtime Lawrence shoe store on south Massachusetts Street.
That pig — a tile version on the bathroom wall — has a toilet paper dispenser hanging out of its rear end.
Soon, it may have an award hanging around too.
The bathroom at Footprints, 1339 Massachusetts St., is one of nine finalists ...
UPDATED 1:45 P.M. AUG. 11
It is a big week for dorms — and perhaps, delays.
The University of Kansas has three days of dormitory move-ins scheduled for this week, which means thousands of students, family members or others who got suckered in to hauling furniture will be in Lawrence.
Not only will additional motorists be in Lawrence, they’ll be driving on a city street system that already has some of ...
UPDATED 9:25 P.M. AUG. 11
They say football is a game of inches. So too, is an approximately $750 million redevelopment of KU’s football stadium, as evidenced by the thickness of the legal documents governing the project.
There’s a big — 262 pages — and important document up for approval Tuesday night. It is the development agreement between the University of Kansas and the City of Lawrence. As we ...
I have never gotten excited about the phrase “Christmas in July” because it usually has ended with a touch of heat stroke after cutting down a pine tree in the Kansas heat. But City Hall officials may be appreciative of the phrase about now.
The state’s July sales tax report showed a large uptick in economic activity in Lawrence. Taxable sales for the month were up 13.7% from the same month a year ago. ...
UPDATED 5:15 P.M. AUG. 6
The University of Kansas is implementing an immediate hiring freeze as KU’s top leaders are ordering deans and other department heads to find $32 million in annual savings on the Lawrence campus.
A Wednesday message to KU employees from Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer and Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWitt also indicated that KU employees should not expect a 2.5% across-the-board pay ...
