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 ...
Award-winning author Sam Quinones might be an expert — although, perhaps, a controversial one — on tent cities across America.
After all, his latest book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth” has an entire chapter titled “Pimps & Tents.”
“Tents. They protect many homeless people from the elements,” Quinones writes in the book. “But they have ...
A new $20 million project has opened in northwest Lawrence — and it features all-day dining. Now, that’s a buffet I would like to see.
Actually, the project is not some mega-eatery, but rather is a new 76-room assisted living and memory care facility just northwest of Sixth and Folks Road.
Cedarhurst of Lawrence opened earlier this week at 4550 Bauer Farm Drive. If you are having a hard time picturing ...
Story updated at 5:19 p.m. Thursday, April 25:
Faculty members at the University of Kansas have voted by a large margin to form a union to negotiate with administrators for better pay, benefits and working conditions.
The faculty members — including a broad host of professors, instructors, librarians and others — agreed by a vote of 850 to 132 to be represented by the United Academics of the University of ...
