He called his new book “Stay Calm,” but what David Booth would like to call his next one is an idea that’s just as important to him:
“Stay Invested.”
That refers to Booth’s advice to nervous investors – staying the course for the long term instead of panic-selling when the market dips. But it could just as well be about his relationship with Lawrence, a town where he sold popcorn and shoes as a ...
If you’ve never seen a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta like “The Pirates of Penzance,” director Jessica Franz-Martin thinks you probably picture something dry, stuffy and above all, British.
“Right?” she said. “Like, ‘In the 1880s, they were all stodgy and they listened to this and it was delightful.’”
But when Theatre Lawrence kicks off its 2026-27 season this weekend with “Pirates! The ...
After months of discussions and a few recent changes, city leaders will soon take their final vote on a 2027 budget plan with a roughly 1-mill property tax rate increase.
The Lawrence City Commission will consider Tuesday whether to adopt the $397 million budget, which staff has tweaked a bit at the commission's direction. The changes would allow the city to raise property taxes by 1.059 mills instead of the ...
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 ...
