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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Before you get your hopes up, no, the long johns aren’t getting longer at the Dunkin on Sixth Street, nor is anything else there getting bigger. But you can be forgiven for being confused because the house next door to the doughnut shop is certainly being demolished as part of a new project.
But rather than a doughnut shop expansion, look for a “garage condo” ...
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The largest natural gas provider in Lawrence is seeking a rate increase that likely would add an extra $11 per month onto the bills of most residential customers.
Black Hills Energy is seeking approval from the Kansas Corporation Commission for the higher rates, which would begin in the second half of 2025.
The KCC is the state’s regulator of public utilities, and any rate changes ...
