The 2026 FIFA World Cup may be one of the biggest events the Kansas City area has ever seen, but it will take a lot of little details to pull it off successfully.
For Scott Fewins, general manager of field operations for Lawrence’s Municipal Services and Operations department, that means fixing sidewalks, painting parking lots, and a whole lot of cleanup.
All of that contributes to “what is people’s ...
More than $74 million in improvements to reduce the Kansas River wastewater treatment plant’s impact on the environment are almost complete, city staff said this week.
At the Connected City Advisory Board’s meeting on Monday, Trevor Flynn, assistant director of Municipal Services and Operations, said the project had reached its “date of significant completion” this week. From here, it’s a matter of ...
Living outside in an unsanctioned homeless camp, Misty Bosch-Hastings says, is “horrific.”
In two years as director of Lawrence’s Homeless Solutions Division, she’s seen enough human trafficking, violence, substance abuse and death in encampments to know that.
“It’s horrific. It’s horrific,” she repeats. “It’s not just a good old time, you know, all just hanging out, just loving each ...
Users of the Lawrence Loop trail system want it to stay close to the river and away from busy streets when its missing downtown segment is eventually built.
That’s according to the results of a survey and open house the city recently held to see which paths people wanted for the yet-to-be-completed sections of the Loop. The network of trails encircling the city has only a few holes left to close, and the city ...
More biking, more safety features and less drag racing: That’s what city staff is hoping for in a project later this year that will shrink Massachusetts Street from four lanes to three.
The $6.6 million construction project, which is still in the design phase, is slated to start in August and will reconfigure Massachusetts from 14th Street to 23rd Street. Mass. is currently two lanes in each direction, but ...
As a bill targeting illicit e-cigarettes makes its way through the Kansas Legislature, a health official in Lawrence says the problem of unauthorized vape products is real, and that underage buyers here might have access to them.
The bill is Senate Bill 355, and it passed the Kansas Senate and was sent to the House last week. As Kansas Reflector reported, it would impose the same licensing and advertising ...
