New opportunities have opened for Baldwin City’s downtown and its businesses after the community was admitted to the Kansas Main Street program.
The Kansas Department of Commerce announced Thursday that Baldwin City, Atchison and Junction City were selected for inclusion in the program, which was reintroduced by Gov. Laura Kelly in 2019 after being discontinued by former Gov. Sam Brownback. Baldwin City and ...
A pedestrian crossing at Midland Railway that provides a route to the Baldwin City school district's west campus has been closed down because of possible safety concerns, and an inspection by the Kansas Department of Transportation will determine whether and when it can be reopened, Baldwin City Administrator Glenn Rodden said.
The crossing was installed late last year as part of a new trail that runs along Elm ...
Additional restoration work is underway on the brick masonry of a historic Black church in East Lawrence thanks to a generous response to fundraising efforts.
The Rev. Verdell Taylor, of St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church, said workers are now tuck-pointing the brick veneer on the east and south sides of the church built in 1910 and anchoring the brick veneer where it has pulled away from the ...
Two people were taken to the hospital after a Friday morning accident on Interstate 70 in Leavenworth County.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol online report, the accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. Friday on 1-70 near mile marker 208, which is about four miles east of the East Lawrence turnpike exit.
The report states that Jeffery Bennett, 35, of Kansas City, Kan., was driving a 2010 Hyundai SUV westbound when ...
Gabe Steadham, who finished eighth in last year's Douglas County Spelling Bee, channeled his competitive drive to win this year's contest — a different kind of bee that was held entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center fourth grader brought the same drive to the bee that he exhibits in soccer, football, wrestling, ninja warrior gymnastics and most ...
The Eudora City Commission and Eudora school board have agreed to revise a 3-year-old memorandum of understanding to allow talks with a private third-party about developing a soccer complex in the community.
Eudora City Manager Barack Matite said the original 2018 memo between the city and school district allowed the city to build a soccer complex on unused district property between Eudora's middle and high ...
