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 ...
It takes a ton of protein and carbs to feed a flock of Jayhawk football players – certainly more than Shawarma Press co-owner Atrooba Hashim had imagined.
Recently, her restaurant got an order from the team for 115 lunch boxes. “In my mind, 115 shawarmas doesn’t seem that much. And on top of that, 115 lunch boxes doesn’t seem that much,” she said.
“Until we started packing them. And I was like, ...
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 ...
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 ...
When the University of Kansas' football season kicks off against Long Island at 7 p.m. Friday, fans might have to find new places to park or new ways to get to and from the stadium.
That's because KU has changed its game-day parking arrangements to accommodate the ongoing construction at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, and because Lawrence Transit is no longer offering a dedicated shuttle between the ...
When the Lawrence Public Library installs its new outdoor stage next year, Brad Allen wants it to be a place for creativity – not a place for complications.
“The minute you need a sound technician to do storytime, it complicates storytime,” said Allen, the library’s executive director – and storytime is far from the only thing it will be hosting. That’s why one of his goals is to make the stage ...
