Here in Lawrence and Douglas County, we’ve been waiting on the impact from Panasonic’s new $4 billion, 4,000-job electric vehicle battery plant that is under construction in nearby De Soto.
Parts of Lawrence are just a 20-minute drive from the massive plant, and most of Eudora is less than half that distance. But, thus far, neither community has seen much in terms of direct impact from Panasonic. Housing ...
When it comes to minigolf in Lawrence, there’s nothing small about interest levels.
“If you read any Lawrence Facebook group, about every 30 days there is a question why Lawrence doesn’t have minigolf,” Lawrence entertainment entrepreneur Matt Baysinger told me.
But there is a consistent answer for why Lawrence hasn’t had a minigolf course for decades: There is nothing simple about minigolf in ...
There is money moving to Lawrence, a new report finds.
I can make a neighborhood suggestion: My wallet. But no, it is moving to bank accounts, and the latest report from the FDIC — the entity that insures bank deposits — shows Lawrence is gaining bank deposits at a greater rate than most.
This year’s report — which measured deposits for the year ending June 30 — shows the Lawrence metro area has ...
One of Lawrence’s larger credit unions has taken over the operations of one of the community’s smaller credit unions. Envista Federal Credit Union has recently begun serving the members of the Wakarusa Valley Credit Union.
If you are not familiar with Wakarusa Valley Credit Union, it had just one location in Lawrence and it wasn’t very prominent. It had its sole branch in the small office complex at 2721 ...
Among the hot debates in the U.S. presidential campaign, there is this nuanced one regarding China: Should we crush them or should we pulverize them?
A former U.S. Secretary of Defense told a Lawrence crowd Thursday night that American leaders of both parties need to entertain new lines of thought about China.
“The way I describe China, I wouldn’t say it is an enemy. It is a competitor,” Chuck Hagel, a ...
Freshmen rule, and if you don’t believe it, the University of Kansas can point you to a new record.
Driven by a historically large freshmen class, KU has hit a new all-time high for enrollment, and currently is the fastest growing Regents university in the state, according to new figures released Wednesday.
KU’s fall enrollment — not counting the KU Medical Center — stood at 26,887 students. That’s ...
