There is money moving to Lawrence, a new report finds.
I can make a neighborhood suggestion: My wallet. But no, it is moving to bank accounts, and the latest report from the FDIC — the entity that insures bank deposits — shows Lawrence is gaining bank deposits at a greater rate than most.
This year’s report — which measured deposits for the year ending June 30 — shows the Lawrence metro area has ...
One of Lawrence’s larger credit unions has taken over the operations of one of the community’s smaller credit unions. Envista Federal Credit Union has recently begun serving the members of the Wakarusa Valley Credit Union.
If you are not familiar with Wakarusa Valley Credit Union, it had just one location in Lawrence and it wasn’t very prominent. It had its sole branch in the small office complex at 2721 ...
Among the hot debates in the U.S. presidential campaign, there is this nuanced one regarding China: Should we crush them or should we pulverize them?
A former U.S. Secretary of Defense told a Lawrence crowd Thursday night that American leaders of both parties need to entertain new lines of thought about China.
“The way I describe China, I wouldn’t say it is an enemy. It is a competitor,” Chuck Hagel, a ...
Her position as chair of the Douglas County Commission is what got Karen Willey a seat on the stage Wednesday for a groundbreaking ceremony to expand the western leg of the South Lawrence Trafficway to four lanes.
But a piece of county business isn’t what first popped to mind for Willey when she thought of the approximately $170 million roadway project. Instead, the first thing she told the crowd assembled ...
Freshmen rule, and if you don’t believe it, the University of Kansas can point you to a new record.
Driven by a historically large freshmen class, KU has hit a new all-time high for enrollment, and currently is the fastest growing Regents university in the state, according to new figures released Wednesday.
KU’s fall enrollment — not counting the KU Medical Center — stood at 26,887 students. That’s ...
Reports of rape on the University of Kansas’ Lawrence campus fell in 2023, but allegations of stalking rose sharply and hit a new three-year high, according to a new campus security report.
KU officials on the Lawrence campus — anybody from police officers to counselors — received seven reports that alleged a rape took place on the KU campus. Officials received four additional reports of rape that were ...
