The Lawrence chamber of commerce is planning to hire a new leader by late December or early January, said Michele Hammann, chair of the organization’s board of directors. The time frame allows the incoming president and CEO to work alongside Larry McElwain, the current leader who is set to retire at the end of January. “I think our timeline is pretty aggressive, but I think it’s completely doable,” ...
This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. Lawrence received about half an inch of rain from an overnight thunderstorm that lasted into Thursday morning. Chad Omitt, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said Lawrence received about 0.61 inches of rain on Thursday. The area just south of Lawrence received about an inch to an inch-and-a-half of rain, he said. Lawrence could receive more rain ...
If I had to boil down what I love about Lawrence to one thing, I would have to say it’s the amount of fun, interesting and exciting things available for local people to go out and do. That’s a big reason I recently moved back to the city where I received my college degree and I plan to make my home again. Luckily for me, the Journal-World asked me to keep an eye out for all those fun, interesting and ...
A ride-sharing service operating in Lawrence also wants to deliver food to local residents. Uber Eats, a food-delivery service and sister company to the ride-sharing service Uber, launched in Lawrence on Wednesday. The service joins several other applications and local programs that offer food delivery, including Jayhawk2Go, EatStreet, GrubHub and others. Charity Jackson, an Uber Eats spokeswoman, said the ...
The Lawrence Public Library wants children in the community to begin reading as early as possible and has started an ambitious program to that end. The library recently announced a book program that aims for young readers to finish 1,000 books before entering kindergarten. To kick off the program, the library will host a launch party at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 9. The launch party will allow parents and young readers ...
You don't have to own a bike to be a biker in Lawrence. You can use a new privately owned bike sharing company that is primarily operating in downtown and on the KU campus. But how does that work? I'm glad you asked. With the city of Lawrence allowing bike sharing company VeoRide to place its app-controlled bikes throughout town a little more than a month ago, I decided to give it a shot myself. I snagged a ...