Updated at 3:03 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20 Lawrence has entered a new Snow Plowing Era. One lucky snow plow that will clear Treacherous roadways into Blank Spaces for drivers will be graced with the name Taylor Drift, after the city announced Friday that name was selected by the judging panel as the winner of the city’s 2024 Snow Plow Naming Contest. The city said in a press release that this year’s naming ...
Lawrence Arts Center leaders say they're facing an "unprecedented financial challenge” from such factors as inflation and lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, and a fundraising email the center sent to its supporters this week claims that its very future “is at risk.” The letter requesting donations was sent out to subscribers Tuesday evening and was signed by Ryann Galloway Tacha, the Arts Center's ...
A Kansas nonprofit will assist Lawrence’s Homeless Response Team after receiving funding from the city by providing better access for substance use treatment, and it believes its peer mentors can help better engage people for recovery. Mirror Inc., a nonprofit organization with multiple locations across Kansas that provides a range of substance use treatment options, received $220,000 this month from the City ...
Lawrence city leaders have received the University of Kansas' application for financial incentives for the second phase of its Gateway development, starting the process on what KU representatives are calling a “once in a generation project.” The incentives themselves are still a ways away from being approved, but the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1 to accept the university's application. KU is seeking ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday selected city parking lot No. 14 in the 700 block of Vermont Street as the location for the city’s new downtown transit station. The commission voted 4-1 in favor of the site near the current bus transfer area. They chose it over city parking lot No. 9, which is on the west side of the 900 block of Vermont Street. Commissioner Amber Sellers was the lone no vote. ...
When a small community in Kansas has a homelessness problem, what's stopping it from just dropping people off on the streets of a bigger city like Lawrence? Last year, the deterrent might have been some “colorful language.” According to Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart, that's what the Anderson County Sheriff's Department got after it dropped a homeless woman off here. She was arrested after reports ...