More than a year after the prayer rock that stood in Robinson Park was returned to the Kaw Nation, the team behind that effort will be hosting an open house on Thursday to discuss some ideas for the future of the little park downtown.
The focal point of the park, which lies across the street from City Hall, previously was the 28-ton red quartzite boulder called Iⁿ’zhúje’waxóbe (pronounced “EE(n) ...
A proposal to convert a former rural schoolhouse between Lawrence and Eudora into a day care home for adults with developmental disabilities is closer to fruition after the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission gave it a key approval on Monday.
The commission unanimously voted on Monday night to approve a conditional use permit for the project and forward it to the Douglas County Commission for a final ...
City of Lawrence administrators and the local firefighters union have come to a new working agreement, resolving a previous impasse in negotiations.
The city and the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1596, which represents firefighters and other emergency personnel employed by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, ratified a new Memorandum of Understanding, the two groups announced in a release ...
Arborists in Lawrence managing the infestation from an invasive beetle called emerald ash borers that are affecting ash trees say the period of damage is at a peak, with the city needing to remove about 150 of those trees per year.
Emerald ash borers are an invasive beetle that is originally from eastern Russia and Northeastern Asia. These bugs were first discovered in North America in Michigan and Ontario in ...
Sam Seetin has a deep connection to the tumultuous, bloody history of Lawrence's earliest days.
Any proud Lawrencian and longtime Kansan knows the stories of Lawrence’s founding and the decades before and during the Civil War — supporters of slavery moving in to try to vote Kansas in as a slave state, abolitionist groups from Massachusetts sending migrants, John Brown, Quantrill’s Raid. Those are as ...
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 ...
