Lawrence finished 2020 in a moderate drought after recording about 6 inches less than its normal annual rainfall, the National Weather Service reports. Jenni Pittman, meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said Lawrence recorded 32.63 inches of rainfall in 2020; the annual average is 38.55 inches. A four-month dry spell starting in September accounted for that shortfall and created ...
The new year started with a recent rarity as a winter storm brought moisture to the Lawrence area in the form of snow and sleet. Jenni Pittman, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Topeka, said sleet began falling in the Lawrence area about 3 a.m. and switched to snow about 7 a.m. By 3:30 p.m., the National Weather Service had received reports from central Lawrence of 4 inches of snow, ...
The Baldwin City Council has approved an unexpected request to buy a new firetruck after some discussion about how the $584,657 purchase would fit into the city's budget. Although the purchase was eventually approved 5-0 at the Dec. 15 City Council meeting, members had questions about the timing of the request. Council members Julie Constantinescu and Scott Lauridsen both asked why the request for such an ...
Legal woes continue to mount for Baldwin City's nonprofit Midland Railway and its two for-profit subsidiaries as recent lawsuits in Douglas County and Colorado seek recovery of nearly $1 million. The Baldwin City government filed suit Nov. 30 against Midland, a tourist railroad, and its subsidiaries Baldwin City & Southern Railroad and Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad, seeking to recover ...
A Lawrence housing nonprofit will be using $400,000 in funding from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation to help 10 homebuyers find affordable housing in Baldwin City and Eudora. Rebecca Buford, executive director of Tenants to Homeowners, said her organization usually receives funding that must be spent in Lawrence. However, it recently received a $400,000 allocation from the Kansas Housing Resources ...
After receiving recommendations from a committee it appointed, the Eudora City Commission will consider at its meeting Monday tweaking its Fourth of July fireworks regulations to reduce the hours of their use and sale and ban their discharge on city property. Mayor Tim Reazin said the 11-member committee headed by City Commissioner Roberta Lehmann was appointed after the City Commission received complaints ...