Organizers working to create a library district for the Perry-Lecompton Community Library are now one step closer to their goal, as they recently met the requirements to get a referendum on the November ballot.
The volunteers in Perry and Lecompton who help run the community library had been circulating a petition to put the question on the ballot. As the Journal-World reported, they want voters to approve the ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission approved a pair of rezoning requests Wednesday night that would allow for a high-density housing development on the site of a former call center property.
Commissioners unanimously approved two requests to rezone over 6 acres of land at 2000 Bluffs Drive into a high density residential district, known as R-4. The commission in April approved a rezoning request to ...
Lawrence school board members voted Wednesday night to advance two major projects — a new flexible high school program and expansion of an elementary school — into a planning and development phase.
The board voted unanimously to advance the creation of a small high school program at the former Centennial Elementary School, 2145 Louisiana St., and the expansion of Langston Hughes Elementary, 1101 George ...
In the second of two forums hosted by former Lawrence mayors, City Commission candidates discussed Monday night how they would tackle financial issues facing the city if they were on the commission.
The four candidates who are vying for two open seats in the Nov. 4 general election — Michael Courtney, Bart Littlejohn, Kristine Polian and Bob Schumm — were all present at the forum, which was held at Peaslee ...
It took a few years for David Hawley’s vision of an alcohol and drug treatment center in Lawrence to open, but only a few months for it to receive a big sign that it’s doing something right.
Hawley, the owner of Papa Keno’s pizzeria and someone who has been in recovery for 20 years, and co-founder Aaron Thakker, the owner of a Eudora construction company, made initial steps in September 2023 to create ...
Lawrence arts-based social service nonprofit Van Go's annual dinner and auction fundraiser is next month, and the nonprofit's leader says the community's support will be even more important than usual this year.
Van Go will host Dinner on the Curve from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at its 715 New Jersey St. facility. A news release from the nonprofit said that the dinner will be catered by Merchants Pub & ...
