A yearslong process to design historic markers for two young men who were killed in confrontations with police during a period of unrest in Lawrence in 1970 is now nearing the finish line. At its meeting Thursday evening, the city's Historic Resources Commission will consider recommending ...
At a brief Lawrence City Commission meeting on Tuesday, commissioners approved a slate of budget adjustments and procedural items — and heard from several public commenters who disagreed about whether one item was really procedural. The comments, around half a dozen of them, were about a ...
The City of Lawrence won't partner with churches and other community sites for walk-in winter shelter this year, but it expects that newly added capacity at the Lawrence Community Shelter will be enough to handle demand. On Tuesday, the city released more details about its winter emergency ...
A board governing Lawrence Transit voted to approve adding a fare to a previously free on-demand bus ride program starting next year as a way to keep the program going as federal grants run out. Lawrence’s Connected City Advisory Board voted unanimously Monday night to implement a $3 fare ...
A grocery store, more bridges across the Kansas River and safety improvements for pedestrians: These were among the things that nearly 160 residents came up with at a public meeting on Monday when asked to “dream big” about the future of North Lawrence. Monday evening's meeting at the ...
“One property at a time” is how East Lawrence was built, Barry Shalinsky says on a walk through the neighborhood Friday morning, and its patchwork of sidewalks reflects that. “If you walk down these brick sidewalks, you see there’s like 20 different kinds of bricks and 20 different ...