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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
At the Haskell Indian Nations University fashion show on Saturday, you won't see stereotypical Native designs, but you will see one thing that's always in style at Haskell: resilience.
The student-organized show is called “Indigenous Couture Goes Vogue Vol. 2,” and it's meant to be a “declaration of resilience,” lead organizer Esmarie Cariaga-Whiteman said. That goes for both the designers, who want to ...
City commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss a request for tax incentives for the Q39 restaurant project in downtown Lawrence.
The plans to bring the popular Kansas City barbecue restaurant to Lawrence have been around for more than a year, but the future of the actual project at 639 New Hampshire St., the site of the former Journal-World printing plant, has become uncertain. The ...
