In the latest bowl matchup, it is beans versus chickpeas. (Bet on the chickpeas to get smashed. They’re best that way.) Wait, this isn’t the latest college football bowl. This is a battle of fast-food restaurants — one that’s made a big name for itself serving beans and rice and another who hopes to do so by bringing some Mediterranean flavors to the contest.
A new California chain has chosen Lawrence ...
The University of Kansas doesn’t have plans to eliminate any of its money-losing Olympic sports despite great uncertainty about whether the athletic department can afford to pay student-athletes in the future, KU’s chancellor said.
The future of those programs — which range from big ones like track and field to smaller ones like golf and tennis — has been the focus of speculation across the country as a ...
Kansas Athletics plans to take on $115 million in new debt to cover construction work that currently is underway on the university’s football stadium, a KU official has confirmed.
That’s a big number, but perhaps not the most surprising number coming out of the football stadium project these days. A KU leader also said donations or pledges to the football stadium project have now risen to $248 million, ...
A $60 million project to add new space to the University of Kansas’ School of Architecture & Design is moving forward, and KU’s main campus may get a new “iconic” building out of the deal too.
KU leaders told the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday that the university intends to build a six-story “iconic mass timber building” on KU’s Lawrence campus. The building would be just behind the ...
Small is the word of the year in the Lawrence housing industry.
Nowhere is that more evident than in the reports showing how many new single-family homes have been built in Lawrence. The community is on pace to set a new low for single-family building starts, which would be the second time in three years that the city has broken its record for building inactivity.
Through October, Lawrence has issued 44 ...
The 10-year anniversary of Rock Chalk Park comes with its own type of gift: a property tax bill of about half a million dollars.
Since its opening in 2014, the northwest Lawrence sports complex that houses a track, soccer pitch, softball field and other facilities for the University of Kansas has had a 10-year exemption from paying property taxes on its land and facilities.
Time, however, is up on that ...
