The Baldwin City Council has started the process on a $2.86 million bond sale to pay for a variety of projects, and city leaders also approved a new policy requiring the city to clearly specify how such debt will be paid off.
At its Jan. 19 meeting, the City Council authorized the city to start working on the bond sale that will pay for the new police station on the city's U.S. Highway 56 gateway, the downtown ...
A citizens advisory group wants Baldwin City to hold a referendum on a half-cent sales tax that would allow for renovations to a historic gymnasium, but several Baldwin City Council members have some questions first about the timing of the proposal and what the building should be used for.
On Jan. 19, the council got an update from the advisory group, which was appointed last year to brainstorm uses for the ...
The Eudora City Commission has adopted a Safe Routes to School plan that is an important step in securing grants to build new sidewalks and getting state approval for a pedestrian sidewalk over Kansas Highway 10.
The plan the City Commission adopted Jan. 11 was developed in coordination with the the Eudora school district, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, the Douglas County sustainability office and the ...
Eudora has found an anchor tenant for the Nottingham redevelopment project, which will attempt to transform the old elementary school site into a regional tourist destination.
On Jan. 11, the Eudora City Commission approved the sale of about 3.5 acres of the Nottingham property to the Austin, Texas,-based family entertainment company Anchor Sports & Entertainment LLC, which is doing business in Eudora as ...
The Baldwin City Council will take a rare third look at a measure that requires it to identify the source of funds used to retire debt when approving a bond issue.
With the ordinance on the agenda for the second time at its Jan. 5 meeting, the council agreed to have its bond counsel review the measure and bring it back for final consideration on Jan. 19. The council traditionally has an up-or-down vote on ...
A Topeka man was killed in a one-vehicle accident late Friday in Jefferson County.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol online crash report, the accident occurred at 10:35 p.m. Friday on Kansas Highway 237 about 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 24.
The report states that Morgan M. Kabler, 21, of Lawrence, overcorrected the southbound 1998 Chevrolet pickup she was driving after the vehicle’s right wheels ...
