I can envision that a menu that includes pizza by the slice and Steak Diane would lead to several things. A confused Italian and an insulted Diane are just two.
A new Lawrence cooking school, though, I would not have guessed.
But that combination is part of Carolyn Kumpe’s story and her new Lawrence business, Cookshop on 8th, which teaches French, Italian, German and a host of other cooking styles to ...
A Kansas state lawmaker has a proposal you don’t often hear: Put a ring on your finger and a gun in your hand.
Sen. Tom Holland, a Baldwin City Democrat who represents parts of Douglas County and the surrounding area in the Kansas Legislature, thinks that might just be the way to prevent a host of handgun accidents.
In fact, he’s making a big business bet on it.
Holland is the president of Free State ...
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told a KU crowd on Tuesday that when he was in high school, his thoughts weren’t on fixing the U.S. education system.
“I was studying to fix cars for the rest of my life,” Cardona said of his time at a technical high school in his home state of Connecticut.
But then an art teacher threw a wrench into those plans, so to speak. She encouraged Cardona to go to a ...
A pair of area businessmen — a restaurant owner and a building contractor — have plans to convert a local motel into a new venture far from their own fields: a drug and alcohol treatment center.
Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to rezone the Super 8 motel at 801 Iowa Street to a zoning category that will allow for an extended care facility on the site. Local businessmen David Hawley, an owner of ...
During the recent heat wave, I’m almost certain my air conditioner was making an odd noise. No, it wasn’t a hum or a rattle. More like a chant: I’m going to take all your money. I’m going to take all your money. I’m going to take all your money.
Just imagine what it would say if electric rates in Lawrence and the surrounding area increase by more than 9%.
That’s a possibility with the latest rate ...
A longtime Lawrence printing operation that gained renown across the country as a publisher of scientific journals and magazines will close by the end of October, according to the Minnesota-based company that bought it earlier this year.
The business formerly known as Allen Press will cease all printing and distribution operations at its East Lawrence facility in the coming weeks, according to a memo from ...
