Craig Owens has spent his whole career looking for challenges – from blue-collar factory communities to suburbs to a densely packed city in Missouri with nearly 50 high-rises. The place he finally found the “capstone” challenge for his career was Lawrence. “I have joked, 'I came here ...

A giant sunflower and the points of a new compass rose were taking shape on Saturday afternoon at Lawrence Regional Airport north of town. Volunteers drew the geometry of the compass rose on Friday, and painting began on Saturday.

Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland was in Lawrence Friday to celebrate the official opening of a multimillion dollar affordable housing project in downtown, but also urged that the celebration should only last a short time. Community members need to get busy building the next big project, because ...

Out on the tarmac of Lawrence Regional Airport, a beautiful sunflower is about to bloom – beautiful, and also useful. It’s a compass rose, to help pilots calibrate or “swing” their compasses. On Friday, a few volunteers were out drawing the geometry for the design, and on Saturday ...

The formula that Lawrence and Douglas County use to split their fire and EMS expenses could get a major update soon – one that the department says will make the split more stable as staffing grows and changes. But, in the near term, don't expect it to yield a much different split than this ...

“A dragnet of cameras,” “a new level of surveillance,” “Big Brother.” These are all things members of the community said on Wednesday night at a listening session about Lawrence police’s camera registry and aggregation program, and Chief Rich Lockhart is adamant that none of them ...