The fate of a project to expand a North Lawrence social service agency is now in flux — all by a matter of 10 feet.
The Ballard Center has been looking to expand from its current structure at 708 Elm St. to add a new food and clothing pantry space and office wing, using a combination of American Rescue Plan Act dollars from Douglas County and grant and donation funding. But to do so, the agency had to ask ...
While the Lawrence City Commission has an especially light agenda on tap this week, city leaders will consider making a development code change official that makes it easier to develop two detached dwelling units on the same lot.
Last week, commissioners approved a text amendment to the city’s Land Development Code that makes all residential zoning district types subject to the same standards for these units, ...
Ahead of the Nov. 7 general election, the Journal-World asked the six candidates running for three seats on the Lawrence City Commission — incumbents Brad Finkeldei, Amber Sellers and Courtney Shipley, former commissioner Mike Dever, and newcomers Dustin Stumblingbear and Justine Burton — to share their thoughts on a series of finance-related topics, such as the city’s budget priorities and property tax ...
At back-to-back forums Saturday, candidates running for seats on the Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board were asked a wide range of questions about equity-related topics, such as how to support students from marginalized backgrounds and minority-owned businesses.
Lawrence’s NAACP branch, Loud Light and Black:30 partnered to host the event at the Lied Center Pavilion, and the event also featured ...
At the Antique Mall on Massachusetts Street, a display case of items for sale as of Thursday morning featured dolls and statuettes commonly associated with anti-Black imagery next to a copy of Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf.”
For Lawrence resident Taj Moses, a Black man, happening across the display while browsing at the mall with a friend earlier this week was a “bizarre and uncomfortable” shock — and ...
Candidates vying for a seat on the Lawrence City Commission addressed members of the local chamber of commerce on Wednesday, fielding questions on such topics as expanding the city’s boundaries and attracting new businesses.
Five of the six candidates — incumbents Brad Finkeldei and Courtney Shipley, former commissioner Mike Dever, and newcomers Dustin Stumblingbear and Justine Burton — participated in ...
