Work will start next month in Eudora on a $2 million upgrade to Church Street, a project that's associated with the city’s current commercial redevelopment of the old Nottingham Elementary School site.
The Eudora City Commission approved a contract last month with Amino Brothers Co. Inc., of Kansas City, Kan., to upgrade Church Street from about a block north of its 14th Street intersection to about a block ...
This winter's frigid temperatures made an impression on Sophie Bracker-Sturm while riding her bike more than six miles to her job at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop in recent weeks. So when she heard of the extended cold spell about to settle over the Lawrence area, her mind turned to homeless members of the community.
“After hearing the forecast, I saw it was going to be pretty cold,” she said. “I talked ...
Jesse Milan, a pioneering Black educator in Lawrence schools, Baker University professor and former president of the Kansas branches of the NAACP, earned a bookcase of awards and honors during his life, but his son said one was very special to his father.
“In 2004, President George W. Bush named him to the presidential commission planning the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Topeka Board of ...
The Baldwin City Council has approved a $3.1 million bond sale that will pay off short-term debt from several projects, including the city's new police station and some infrastructure improvements.
On Feb. 2, the bond was put up for bidding, and later that day Jack Ryan-Feldman, of Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, told the City Council that six financial institutions had placed bids. The low bidder, with an ...
Light snow caused several minor accidents Saturday afternoon on roads and highways in rural Douglas County, and forecasters say frigid temperatures are in store for next week.
Daniel Reese, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said the Lawrence area received an inch or less of snow on Saturday afternoon. He said the snow started falling at around noon, and that the heaviest ...
Recent repairs at Baldwin City’s electrical substation are expected to put an end to a series of power outages that have plagued the community since late October, the city administrator said.
City Administrator Glenn Rodden said a faulty relay at the electrical substation near Seventh and Newton streets was replaced this past week. The city has experienced no outages since the relay was replaced, he said. ...
