What will take home the Lawrence Cocktail Trail’s trophy this year? A corn and tomato margarita, an “entry-level” bitter drink with a fruity twist, a pistachio and pisco concoction, or something even wilder?
It might be up to you. These three and about a dozen others will be facing off from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in a people’s choice contest, kicking off a week of local cocktail specials and ...
Years after a study said it might have to move, Lawrence’s new city manager says Fire Station 3 on Sixth Street is already in “the perfect place,” and that renovating it instead of relocating it could save millions of dollars.
On Tuesday, city commissioners unanimously approved a $425,000 contract for what City Manager Majed Al-Ghafry described as Phase 1 of the renovation of the fire station at 3708 W. ...
An economic development incentive request for a 341-unit market-rate apartment complex near KU Innovation Park won approval from the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday.
Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a resolution expressing the city’s intent to issue $50 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds for the development near 23rd and Iowa streets; Vice Mayor Mike Courtney was the lone dissenting vote. The ...
If you doubt the creativity of city workers, look at what Lawrence’s public works and utilities staff has had to do to make the most of its aging, spread-out buildings.
Where to store parts? Wherever they fit, in structures that were built in the ‘70s or even earlier to serve a much smaller city. Where to park if the parking lot isn’t big enough? Put in an asphalt shoulder and park there. How do you eat ...
Traffic has finally begun flowing again on Ninth Street, which had been closed to through traffic since December 2025 for the Jayhawk Watershed project.
The City of Lawrence said in a news release that the street reopened Thursday, in time for Kansas football’s first home game of the 2026 season on Friday.
As the Journal-World has reported, the street was closed to allow crews to replace the more than ...
Developers are seeking a sales tax exemption on construction materials to build a 341-unit apartment complex near KU Innovation Park, and city leaders are set to vote on that request next week.
The apartment project would be in The Crossing @ KU section of the West Campus near 23rd and Iowa streets, and it would also be called “The Crossing.” Its developers, a group called 23 Iowa Investors affiliated with ...
