A pair of Lawrence-area tourism groups have received two marketing grants from Kansas Tourism worth a total of $10,000 that are aimed at enhancing visitor engagement and promoting local culinary experiences.
The Northeast Kansas Tourism Association and the Lawrence Restaurant Association won grants of $1,600 and $9,520, respectively, and were presented with the awards Friday morning.
Bridgette Jobe, the ...
Heartland Community Health Center's new mental health building is expected to start serving patients next month, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for next Thursday, Sept. 26, the center announced in a news release.
The new Bluestem Wellness Building at 534 Michigan St., just east of Heartland's main center, has been under construction since last fall, and it is expected to be open to patients starting ...
A career services counselor from Haskell Indian Nations University has been named to an Environmental Protection Agency advisory council with the aim to foster more diversity in the agency.
Angelina Adams was appointed to serve a two-year term on the EPA’s inaugural Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU-MSI) Federal Advisory Council.
The 20-member council, made ...
The city of Lawrence’s app now allows residents to make 11 new types of service requests, including pothole and pavement repairs and stormwater issues.
The city announced the expanded service requests offered by the web app, called SeeClickFix, in a news release Wednesday. The new service categories added are:
• Potholes and pavement
• Street sweeping
• Street debris cleanup
• Stormwater ...
The Lawrence City Commission voted Tuesday night to reject a church's nomination for the Lawrence Register of Historic Places, expressing concerns over the size of the parcel of land it would apply to and how other nearby properties could be affected.
Commissioners voted unanimously to deny the nomination for First Presbyterian Church at 2415 Clinton Parkway. The church, which was constructed in 1967 and 1968, ...
Over 1,400 people have signed a petition asking the Lawrence City Commission to alter the design it approved for the renovation of the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center and find a way to retain the current space of the pool instead.
The design for the renovation, which was approved in August, will add additional features like a lazy river, splash pad and shallow pool, but the total water recreation area area will ...
