If you want to see what comes of the City Commission’s business trips, you might take a trip down North Michigan Street. The Village of Pallet cabins for the homeless there is a project that the city might not have done had leaders not heard about it at a conference, Mayor Brad Finkeldei ...
As Lawrence and Douglas County faces potentially several inches of snow and bitterly cold temperatures due to a winter storm this weekend, city officials and other organizations are working to ensure residents’ safety with both expanding shelter capacity and road treatment. The city will be ...
Based on the winter weather coming to Lawrence starting Friday, Lawrence Transit announced cancellations for some of its ridership services over the weekend. Lawrence Transit announced in a press release Thursday afternoon it would cancel its On Demand service after 8 p.m. Friday. Those ...
State legislators are considering a proposal to move city government and school board elections to even-numbered years – and a couple of Douglas County figures are saying that could add some new complications. The proposal in the Legislature is called House Bill 2452, and it would change the ...
To make businesses easier to access during the Ninth Street stormwater project, the city is turning to a new type of parking – one right in the middle of the street. On Wednesday, striping crews were painting new angled parking in the middle of the 500 block of Ninth Street. City spokesman ...
One of the biggest things to realize about the World Cup, city leaders heard on Tuesday night, is how much you have to entertain people. Of course, they’re there to watch the games. But there are only six of those, spread out over two months, in the KC area. And the rest of the time, the ...