Did you know river otters live in Kansas? Many people don’t, the scouts of Girl Scout Junior Troop 2856 say, and they want to remind passersby in downtown Lawrence with a new mural about endangered species.
This mural, and another one planned by the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation, were both enthusiastically received by the city’s Cultural Arts Commission on Wednesday night. The LJCC’s mural would ...
Lawrence will soon start accepting applications for a construction manager for its new fire station, Fire Station 6, which is expected to start construction next year.
On Tuesday, the commission voted 5-0 to approve a method called “construction manager at risk” to build Fire Station 6. The method differs from a traditional design-bid-build process in several ways, and Mayor Brad Finkeldei said it would be ...
Sixty people from 23 states have applied to be Lawrence’s next city manager, and the Lawrence City Commission plans to start evaluating those applications as early as next week.
Lawrence is currently looking for a successor for City Manager Craig Owens, who announced last year that he would be stepping down this spring. At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Mayor Brad Finkeldei shared the stats about the ...
As the City of Lawrence prepares to start its next strategic plan, a survey is showing that residents are feeling good about arts and culture, but not so good about the economy, city leaders heard on Tuesday.
At their weekly meeting, city commissioners heard the results of the National Community Survey, also known as the Community Satisfaction Survey, which was completed by polling firm Polco. The survey ...
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 ...
City leaders could soon take another step toward building a new fire station in the northwest corner of Lawrence.
On its meeting agenda for Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will get an update on the plans for the new Fire Station 6 and will consider starting the process of finding a construction manager for it.
Station 6 would be at 555 Stoneridge Drive, near the intersection of Sixth Street and the South ...
