UPDATE 4:15 P.M. JULY 14
The first phase of Panasonic Energy’s nearly 5-million-square-foot electric vehicle battery factory is officially open in De Soto and marching toward an impressive production goal: Churning out 70 batteries per second.
But as dignitaries from both Japan and Congress gathered Monday morning for a grand opening celebration, there was a different type of production question that hung ...
With its new electric vehicle battery plant now open in De Soto, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod hopes Panasonic’s next Kansas project is one that will land on the KU campus.
Girod told the Journal-World on Monday that KU continues to be in discussions with Panasonic officials about creating a research center at Innovation Park, which is the public-private development underway on KU’s West ...
On a parcel of pasture not far from where the Santa Fe Trail once stretched, Baldwin City leaders are embarking on a big adventure.
Area developers in this town of about 5,000 people in southern Douglas County have presented, and the city council has approved, a plan to convert this rolling grassland site into a new neighborhood that will have 35 big homes setting on lots of about 1 acre each.
Roads and ...
UPDATE 2:55 P.M. JULY 10
Summer is rerun season, at least for those of us old enough to remember when “streaming” had nothing to do with T.V. but rather involved — best case scenario — a garden hose. I fit into that category, so I’m going to offer a couple of reruns about projects we reported on many months ago but that are now creating questions from readers as the buildings come out of the ground. ...
It is like a limbo game with hammer and nails.
Halfway through the year, Lawrence’s single-family housing market may be amazing some onlookers with how low it can go. After setting a record low for new single-family housing starts in 2024, area builders are on pace to break that record this year.
Actually, they are on pace to smash the record.
Through June, the City of Lawrence has issued 19 ...
Businesses are always looking for a big break. Lawrence businessman Chad Landis has never had to look very far. After all, when you are in the pool hall business, one is likely to happen at any table.
Soon, 30 of them may be happening at once.
Landis has plans to make one of Lawrence’s largest pool halls even bigger by moving it into a former car dealer location on Sixth Street, creating room for 30 pool ...
