A star was delivered on Friday at the University of Kansas.
KU leaders gathered on Veterans Day to rededicate the Vietnam Memorial on the KU campus and to add a star next to the name of Major Glenn McCubbin, a KU student who died during the Vietnam War.
McCubbin had an extra star placed beside his name because for years the memorial listed him as missing in action. But KU recently learned that McCubbin’s ...
The University of Kansas now thinks the first phase of its plan to upgrade its football stadium and the area around it at 11th and Mississippi streets will cost $115 million more than once envisioned.
KU officials have submitted new documents to the Kansas Board of Regents requesting that the phase one budget for the project be increased to $335 million, up from $220 million when KU last submitted paperwork to ...
Johnny’s Tavern in North Lawrence plans to reopen on Friday morning after owners had closed the historic bar for the last three days in protest of how the city is operating a homeless encampment next to the business.
Rick Renfro, an owner of Johnny’s Tavern, said he’s decided to reopen the restaurant and bar after city officials told him they were working to address his concerns. Renfro said he ...
Lawrence got its welcome into the Big 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.
Consider these numbers: 1st District Democratic candidate Jimmy Beard won Douglas County by 17,125 votes, receiving 75% of the vote in the largest county in the sprawling 1st District. Yet, Beard came nowhere close to winning the overall 1st District. He lost to incumbent Republican Tracey Mann by 83,782 votes.
To put it another ...
Brad Ziegler is convinced that a German stonemason a century ago saved lives at his Lawrence restaurant last Friday.
Ziegler got a call from the manager at his Big Mill restaurant saying that a vehicle had crashed through the storefront of the restaurant at the corner of Ninth and Mississippi streets. When Ziegler arrived on scene, a simple thought went through his mind.
“I just kept thinking how lucky it ...
The owners of Johnny’s Tavern are closing the business’s iconic North Lawrence location for the foreseeable future in an effort to pressure officials to make changes to a city-operated homeless camp next to the bar.
Owner Rick Renfro told the Journal-World Monday afternoon that he plans to close the Johnny’s Tavern location at 401 N. Second St. on Tuesday morning.
How long the tavern — which dates ...
