Through her line of work, Sarah Hill-Nelson spends a lot of time thinking about the Kansas River and how to make it better. Hill-Nelson is the current owner and operator of Bowersock Mills & Power Co.’s hydroelectric plant, which sits on the river right near Massachusetts Street. About ...
The Lawrence Police Department will soon brief city commissioners on the findings from community conversations held last summer about how to improve the relationship between the community and the police. At their meeting Tuesday, commissioners will receive a presentation from LPD Chief Rich ...
Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill on Wednesday that will require the Lawrence City Commission to change the way it handles public comments in its live streams of meetings. The new law updates the Kansas Open Records Act and Kansas Open Meetings Act, and a provision in it says that any governing ...
Lawrence city commissioners approved a request on Tuesday to add a Lawrence church to the local register of historic places, after a discussion about how a building's historic status can affect nearby development. The commission voted unanimously to approve the nomination for the First ...
City Commissioners will once again consider a request from a local church to be added onto the Lawrence Register of Historic Places. The commission will vote on approving the nomination for the First Presbyterian Church, located at 2415 Clinton Parkway, but this time only a portion of the ...
Roadwork along Tennessee Street near Old West Lawrence will close portions of the one-way artery to through traffic in mid-April as part of a large-scale stormwater project. Tennessee Street already has one lane closed between Sixth Street and Ninth Street because of work on a water main in ...