The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday night approved a traffic calming project in the Sunset Hill neighborhood that will add speed cushions along a major collector street.
The project calls for adding five speed cushions along Crestline Drive between Ninth Street and Bob Billings Parkway to address concerns about speeding and cut-through traffic along that route.
The project was chosen from among 16 ...
With Douglas County food pantry Just Food facing budget pressure from federal cuts, Lawrence's Jefferson’s restaurants are partnering with the pantry to hold a month-long food drive.
The pantry and restaurant kicked off the “Five for Food” food drive Wednesday at the Dillons at 1015 W. 23rd St. Jefferson’s guests who want to support the food drive can contribute non-perishable items to donation barrels ...
Two former mayors, a former housing authority official and a longtime tech industry worker have advanced to the general election for the Lawrence City Commission after the primary election Tuesday.
Tuesday's primary trimmed a field of 13 candidates for the two City Commission seats down to just four for the Nov. 4 general election. The top four vote-getters, according to the unofficial results posted on the ...
A Texas man who pleaded guilty in February to violently attacking two women and killing a cat as part of a deal with the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office was sentenced to over four years in prison Monday.
The defendant, Aaron Michael Davidson of Tolar, Texas, was convicted in February of three felonies and a misdemeanor after he entered a guilty plea to dismiss rape and sodomy charges, as the ...
Behind the district office for Perry-Lecompton schools, you can open the door to an unassuming hallway and suddenly be surrounded by thousands of books.
This is the Perry-Lecompton Community Library, at 203 West Bridge St. in Perry. It has over 12,000 books, 600 DVDs and 250 puzzles that patrons can choose from — if the library is open.
“Right now we’re only open 15 hours a week,” said Mary Guffey, the ...
The Lawrence City Commission at its meeting next week will consider a property tax abatement for a proposed senior housing development that would add affordable housing in west Lawrence.
On Tuesday, the commission will hold a public hearing and consider whether to provide Resource Housing Group Inc. a 10-year, 65% property tax abatement for the Peaks of Lawrence development — a 42-unit, mixed-income housing ...
