He’s been a Cessna executive, a commerce secretary, even a lieutenant governor.
But when it comes to running a neighborhood bar, John Moore admits that his granddaughter Zoe Wohlford could teach him a thing or two.
In the place on West Sixth Street that he recently helped Zoe and her fiance buy – a bar nestled in a strip mall, once called Kaspar’s, then Conroy’s, then Murf’s, then Dexter’s – ...
This year's Phoenix Award honorees have been selected, and you may have experienced their work on the radio, or in a middle school auditorium, or at the airport, or even on the label of a beer bottle.
On Wednesday night, the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission chose the six winners for the annual awards, which, according to a news release from the city, recognize “outstanding contributions to the arts and ...
Story updated at 3:24 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15:
Lawrence’s affordable housing advisers won’t be considering the Douglas County Housing Stabilization Collaborative's request for city funding for 2027 – not because they don’t want to fund it, but because its application came in too late.
The Housing Stabilization Collaborative, or HSC, was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide rent and utility ...
When the visitors from Hiratsuka, Japan, stopped by the Lawrence Public Library on Tuesday, there was someone special whom Karen Allen wanted to meet.
Allen, who works in administration at the library, asked which one of them was Daisuke’s mom. It was Mieko Sasaki, who came up to her and, teary-eyed, shared a hug with her.
“Thank you," Allen said, "for taking care of my son.”
Allen’s son is 19 and in ...
Voters in Lawrence will decide this year whether to increase the sales tax that funds the city’s bus system, something transit staff says is necessary to avoid major cuts in the future.
The transit sales tax is currently 0.2%, and it was last approved in 2017 with about 70% of the vote. It is on track to sunset in 2029, but even if it were to continue at the 0.2% level, Lawrence Transit has said that it will ...
What’s the worst thing that can happen? That’s what a group seeking a STAR bond district for an arena, a flight school and other developments on the edges of Lawrence asked the City Commission on Tuesday night.
That’s what Commissioner Kristine Polian wanted to know, too – what’s the worst that could happen if the city approved that district that would capture millions of dollars of sales taxes ...
