In a step needed to advance the planned construction of an Elm Street sidewalk, the Baldwin City Council agreed Feb. 3 to allow city staff to negotiate temporary construction easements with two property owners.
Last year, the city secured a $580,000 transportation alternative grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation for the construction of the sidewalk. The project will install a 6-foot-wide concrete ...
Area fire departments battled two grass fires near Eudora on Saturday afternoon, one of which threatened homes on the western edge of that city and required traffic on Kansas Highway 10 to be shut down temporarily.
Chief Mike Baxter of the Eudora Township Fire Department said one of the fires reported about 1 p.m. was at K-10 mile marker 17, near the Winchester Road overpass. The second fire was three miles to ...
A Lenexa company wants to convert City of Eudora's former public safety building at 840 Main St. into a restaurant, and it's offering the city $100,000 for the property.
Brothers Jay and Jason Musick, of Musick Group LLC, made their offer at the Jan. 27 Eudora City Commission meeting and shared their plans to turn the the 4,320-square-foot building into a restaurant called Barbwire Barbecue.
The city has used ...
After accepting the first-place trophy for the 2020 Douglas County Spelling Bee, Charlie Maples said winning the annual contest wasn’t his only notable accomplishment Saturday on the stage at Southwest Middle School.
“I also set a personal heart-rate record of 247,” the Deerfield Elementary School fifth grader told the crowd.
The county bee, sponsored by the Lawrence Journal-World, drew 28 elementary and ...
Richard Renner thinks he and his home at 408 Indiana St. are an ideal match for each other — and for Lawrence's Pinckney neighborhood.
Renner owns the Vodvill Entertainment Company, a talent agency for variety acts, and organizes the quirky Busker Fest in downtown Lawrence every year. His livelihood may be unusual, but Renner has found a lot of kindred spirits living nearby.
“I juggle, ride a unicycle – ...
The Baldwin City Council has agreed to name a park being constructed in downtown Baldwin City in honor of the city’s first female mayor.
At the recommendation of Councilman Brian Cramer, the Baldwin City Council on Jan. 21 unanimously approved the name Sullivan Square for the multi-use park now being constructed in an undeveloped downtown lot in the 700 block of High Street. The name honors Lucy Sweet ...
