I don’t know what it says about me that I refuse to kayak due to a fear of running out of gas. Whatever the case, I’m in the minority because kayaking has become very popular, so much so that there is now a new rental service at Clinton Lake.
And, it is self-serve and always open.
The owners of Clinton Lake Marina have installed a kayak and paddle board kiosk in the parking lot of the marina, which is ...
Sam Quinones is neither a doctor nor a scientist, but he’s seen and talked to enough addicts that he has a piece of advice that he wishes the groups Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous would heed.
“I think they need to lose that second word,” Quinones told a local audience Wednesday at the Lawrence Public Library who had gathered to hear the author and journalist discuss his latest book on the ...
I’m not sure who is more excited about Sunday’s University of Kansas Commencement, the graduates or the many financial services firms that soon will start collecting on student debt.
Whatever the case, excitement will be high in Lawrence because the community has a lot of graduates and a lot of student debt.
A new report from the financial services firm WalletHub found that Lawrence might be the capital ...
Updated at 3:04 p.m. Tuesday, May 7
Dillons plans to replace its longtime grocery store on 23rd Street with a larger store on Iowa Street that will be part of a major new commercial development on KU’s West Campus.
Dillons and KU Endowment — the owner of the West Campus property — announced the plans Tuesday morning after the Journal-World began inquiring about speculation surrounding the project.
The ...
Let’s look at some news and notes from around town:
As spring sprung, both dandelions and dollars began to sprout in communities across the state. In Lawrence, the dandelions appeared to be the more active of the two.
The April report from the Kansas Department of Revenue shows sales tax collections in Lawrence grew, but only slightly and at a rate far below most of the other major retail communities in ...
Updated at 3:51 p.m. Friday, May 3
In the fall of 2020, there was an urgency in the Douglas County Courthouse about flooding.
A building roughly the size of a football field — home to the offices of a sod shop — had been built in the rural area north of North Lawrence, sparking concerns that other big buildings would follow and that the flat ground would become even more flood-prone than it already is. ...
