Let’s look at some news and notes from around town:
As spring sprung, both dandelions and dollars began to sprout in communities across the state. In Lawrence, the dandelions appeared to be the more active of the two.
The April report from the Kansas Department of Revenue shows sales tax collections in Lawrence grew, but only slightly and at a rate far below most of the other major retail communities in ...
Updated at 3:51 p.m. Friday, May 3
In the fall of 2020, there was an urgency in the Douglas County Courthouse about flooding.
A building roughly the size of a football field — home to the offices of a sod shop — had been built in the rural area north of North Lawrence, sparking concerns that other big buildings would follow and that the flat ground would become even more flood-prone than it already is. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
