Two people were killed Saturday morning in a two-car crash on Farmer’s Turnpike northwest of Lawrence, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. In an email to the Journal-World, Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Charlie Cooper said the fatal accident occurred about 5:30 a.m. in the 700 block of North 1800 Road, also known as the Farmer’s Turnpike. The site is near the Kansas Highway 10/Farmer’s ...
The Baldwin City & Southern Railroad has suspended tourist excursion rides because of an unresolved dispute with its landlord, the Santa Fe Trail Historical Association. The railroad announced March 3 it would no longer be offering rides because the historical association evicted it from Baldwin City’s historic depot, 1515 High St. The suspension of passenger service does not affect the Kansas Belle ...
The Eudora City Commission has approved a five-year capital improvement master plan that will allow the city to bond up to $4 million for the improvements needed to ready the Nottingham property, located near 14th and Church streets, for commercial development. The CIP master plan, approved Feb. 24, lists $37.5 million in infrastructure and equipment needs for all city departments through 2024, including an ...
Lawrence and Baldwin City will each receive more than a million dollars in state grant funding for bicycle and pedestrian trail projects, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Friday. Lawrence will receive a $1.07 million grant to help close one of the gaps in the Lawrence Loop trail network. The grant will help pay for a concrete path from the intersection of Peterson Road and North Iowa Street to ...
After a six-year absence, outdoor performances of staged musical entertainment will return to downtown Baldwin City this summer. Baldwin City Councilwoman Julie Constantinescu and Jeannette Blackmar, Lumberyard Arts Center executive director, said the expected completion of the $850,000 Sullivan Square project in May was central to the planned return of music-theater entertainment downtown. A 25-foot-wide ...
An agreement between a fiber optic company and the city of Eudora will provide the city $4,000 a year and could offer the community future options for internet, phone and cable TV service. On Monday, the Eudora City Commission approved a franchise agreement with Kansas Fiber Network that will allow the company, which has offices in Wichita and Overland Park, to bury a fiber optic line through the city along ...