As the FIFA 2026 World Cup gets closer to kickoff, a local bank says Lawrence small businesses should prepare now for the influx of international visitors so they can capitalize on the enormous opportunity. With Kansas City playing host to six matches during the World Cup — including hosting ...
A consultant that the Lawrence school district has worked with for many years will conduct a five-year enrollment projection for the district and create a new tool to show which schools children living at certain addresses should attend. On Monday, school board members unanimously voted to ...
One potential site is standing out to the Lawrence Farmers Market as it studies the possibilities for a permanent home: South Park. At its meeting Monday night, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board heard that the park just south of 11th Street got the most positive feedback in a recent ...
A longtime Kansan who likes to tout Lawrence’s role in national history has given an $8 million gift to elevate the dean position at KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and to create two new endowed professorships. David Pittaway said he’s long been proud that his family moved to ...
An idle conversation during a board meeting for the Watkins Museum of History sparked an idea that could breathe new life into an old stadium. Andrew Stockmann, the curator of exhibitions for the Watkins, said he overheard Justine Burton, one of the museum’s board members, talking about how ...
After crafting a story about two rival kingdoms and a third secretly pulling the strings, middle schooler Hailee Shrimplin is about to see her story brought to life on Theatre Lawrence’s big stage. Hailee, a seventh grader at Eudora Middle School, joined the Suitcase Stories Club, where ...