A community group aiming to get historical preservation status for the Municipal Stadium in East Lawrence’s Hobbs Park, with the hopes of helping revitalize the structure and park, earned support from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Monday night.
The board voted 5-0 to support the group, called The Municipal Stadium in Hobbs Park Legacy Project, in sending a proposal to get the Municipal Stadium ...
She said "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," but maybe Dorothy meant "we're not in California."
After all, no part of "The Wizard of Oz," that iconic film that so many from outside of the state associate with Kansas, was shot here. It was done on a soundstage in Culver City, California. And it's not alone.
Superman's adoptive Kansas hometown of Smallville in the 1978 Christopher Reeve film was ...
Twice a month, bus riders in Lawrence who stop at Central Station can pick up their groceries while they're there, thanks to a partnership with food banks Just Food and Harvesters that's served more than 200 households so far.
The program, called "Thriving Thursdays," has been distributing food since late last year at Central Station, 2315 Bob Billings Parkway, on the second and third Thursdays of each month, ...
After the shock of mass firings at Haskell Indian Nations University last month, organizations across Lawrence are looking to find ways to support the workers who suddenly lost their jobs.
Evie Lazzarino, the vice president of external affairs for The Chamber, said that when the organization learned of the firings, which were first announced Feb. 14, it reached out to form an ad hoc group to help Haskell's ...
A local restaurant owner who has helped lead the Lawrence Restaurant Association will serve on the board for a national group that supports independent restaurants.
Codi Bates, the owner and operator of Bates Co., whose restaurant brands include The Burger Stand and Bon Bon!, was recently named to the Independent Restaurant Coalition’s Board of Directors. The IRC, which was founded in March 2020, has ...
Lawrence city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the initial steps that will allow the city to issue around $98.6 million in debt to help fund infrastructure projects that are part of the city’s Capital Improvement Plan.
The city plans to issue just under $73 million of general obligation temporary notes and around $25.6 million of general obligation bonds to fund several projects, including ...
