From campgrounds to classrooms: That was the unwelcome transition that some of Lawrence’s homeless community made as they were searching for shelter in the last year, University of Kansas officials said Wednesday. Multiple homeless individuals began setting up overnight accommodations in KU buildings after the City of Lawrence changed some of its policies related to homeless camping in the community, a ...
News and notes from around town: ••• If the weather forecast holds, many of us may find ourselves stuck inside our homes as another snow storm blankets the area this week. If so, take notes. The Lawrence Home Show is set for Friday and Saturday, and you can come with a full list of everything you’d like to change about the place. (A heated driveway or a tropical address — whichever is cheaper — ...
There have been many predictions over the last decade that a well-situated farmhouse overlooking growing northwest Lawrence would succumb to development. What there have been fewer predictions of is that the prime piece of real estate would be the home for an affordable housing project. But indeed that looks like a strong possibility, as plans have been filed for the 3-acre property at 5275 W. Sixth St. to ...
Beat you, Patrick Mahomes. While football fans across the region will be tuning in Sunday to see if the Kansas City Chiefs can win the big one three times in a row, Lawrence sixth grader Maci Perrins beat them to the “threepeat.” Perrins, a Southwest Middle School student, won the 2025 Douglas County Spelling Bee on Saturday at Billy Mills Middle School in Lawrence. The victory in the event — which is ...
From his Baldwin City ranch that dates back to his grandfather, Ted Madl remembers how Kansas horse racing was decades ago. It was never champagne, fancy hats and other accoutrements that you might find in Kentucky or California. More often it was thinly paved highways to small locales with a truck, a horse trailer and an ugly mare. Places like Eureka and Emporia were the prestigious destinations. The less ...
I’m going to take a risk here and hope that a black government SUV doesn’t pull up beside me. (Does Tesla make black SUVs?). I’m going to talk about diversity. It seems like the thing to do because there is a new national ranking out, and it may help shed light on a misconception that some people have about Lawrence — namely, that it is diverse. I’ve written several times over the years about how ...