Updated at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday, May 1:
A crowd of nearly 100 supporters of Palestine occupied the lawn in front of KU’s Fraser Hall on Wednesday, saying there “will be no business as usual on our campus until there is justice in Palestine.”
The group yelled chants, including “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free” and “Israel, Biden, you cannot hide, we charge you with genocide,” and ...
Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate, features prominently in some Democratic nightmare scenarios.
A close race develops between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Trump wins the election with Stein pulling in a small but significant number of votes in a key swing state.
That’s the nightmare scenario for Democrats, but it is not causing Stein to lose any sleep, she ...
A former rural school building between Lawrence and Eudora is under consideration by local government officials to become an emergency shelter for homeless families, the Journal-World has learned.
The former Kaw Valley School site at 1411 East 1850 Road is being actively considered to house the new shelter operations. Planners for the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, city officials, county ...
From roast beef to roasted beans: That’s the planned journey for one fast-food location on 23rd Street.
Plans have been filed at City Hall to convert the former Arby’s fast food restaurant at 1533 W. 23rd St. into a drive-thru coffee shop to be operated by a regional chain called 151 Coffee.
That journey is a mild one for 151 Coffee. Take a quick look at its history, and you’ll see a winding path. The ...
Award-winning author Sam Quinones might be an expert — although, perhaps, a controversial one — on tent cities across America.
After all, his latest book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth” has an entire chapter titled “Pimps & Tents.”
“Tents. They protect many homeless people from the elements,” Quinones writes in the book. “But they have ...
A new $20 million project has opened in northwest Lawrence — and it features all-day dining. Now, that’s a buffet I would like to see.
Actually, the project is not some mega-eatery, but rather is a new 76-room assisted living and memory care facility just northwest of Sixth and Folks Road.
Cedarhurst of Lawrence opened earlier this week at 4550 Bauer Farm Drive. If you are having a hard time picturing ...
