While speakers reflected on the resilience required of Haskell Indian Nations University students as they endured a tough semester, the main focus of Friday morning’s graduation was celebration and a reminder of the university's fortitude and durability.
In an overflowing Coffin Sports Complex, 178 graduates crossed the stage and received their degrees.
Frank Arpan, Haskell’s president, noted that the ...
A plan to build row houses on a vacant parking lot in downtown Lawrence will go in front of the Historic Resources Commission for a third time next week with more adjustments to its design.
The developer is seeking approval next Thursday from the HRC on the design for the three-story row house complex in the parking lot at 700 New Hampshire St. The building would include 15 2,353-square-foot units, which would ...
The Lawrence Public Library Foundation received a $5,000 donation Wednesday afternoon from the University of Kansas chapter of the Pi Beta Phi sorority that will support the library’s summer reading program for children.
Kathleen Morgan, the director for the LPL Foundation, and Joan Golden, the foundation’s treasurer, were joined by library Executive Director Brad Allen to receive the donation from Pi Beta ...
City commissioners approved a financial incentive package on Tuesday for the Q39 barbecue restaurant project in downtown Lawrence, which developers said they needed for the restaurant project to be viable.
The commission voted 4-1 to approve a Community Improvement District and issuance of industrial revenue bonds to help the Kansas City barbecue restaurant locate in the former Journal-World printing plant ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved another key step to allow the second phase of an approximately $300 million redevelopment project around KU’s football stadium to move forward.
The commission voted to create two taxing districts, a STAR Bond district and a tax increment financing district, for the second phase of KU's Gateway project, which calls for a 162-room hotel, 443 beds of student ...
In a gathering led by a local faith-based advocacy group, hundreds in the Lawrence community and elected officials pledged to address childhood trauma and its ripple effects that negatively impact Douglas County.
The gathering was part of Justice Matters’ annual action assembly, and was held at the DoubleTree Hotel at 200 McDonald Drive. The event brought together hundreds of residents and included a pledge ...
