One of the many painstaking parts of the historic Douglas County Courthouse’s recent renovation was DOUGLAS COUNTY COURT HOUSE itself.
The decorative lettering near the courthouse’s front entrance was among the features of the more than 100-year-old building that were in bad shape, said Jay Zimmerschied, Douglas County’s director of capital projects, earlier this week. “There were chunks of letters ...
If it becomes law, a bill that lets voters block local governments’ property tax increases will probably do a lot of other things behind the scenes, too. And Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew is trying to figure out what.
It could throw a wrench into cities’ and counties’ planning. It could let a few dozen people in a rural township shoot down that township’s budget. And it could force election offices ...
This April, Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center is planning a trivia night, an art auction and more to help fund its education and support programs – and it’s bringing back a downtown vigil and march where survivors can speak out.
STACC’s slate of programming for Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off in earnest next week, said Christina Gentry, the center’s director of community ...
The City of Lawrence’s efforts to protect the environment have something in common with the environment itself: lots of parts that all depend on each other.
There’s a clean energy ordinance that could change soon. There’s the city’s strategic plan, which will soon get an update. There are two new city commissioners, a sustainability department with just a $4,000 operating budget for this year, and ...
Next Friday on the University of Kansas campus, you might see what looks like a mini craft market near the bronze Jayhawk statues outside the Kansas Union.
It’s called Jayhawk Fridays, and it’s a new way for small businesses to connect with students on campus. Program director Mikayla Leader with KU Memorial Unions said it will normally happen on the first Friday of each month, and if you’re a vendor of ...
In his decades of living in East Lawrence, Tony Peterson says, a lot has changed, but “the Yart Sale has always been one of the constants.”
“I’m not even sure how long ago it started,” he says.
It’s one of those ad-hoc, organic neighborhood things, part garage sale, part gallery, part “unofficial neighborhood party,” and never the same from one year to the next. This year’s is on Saturday ...
