On the timeline for a Costco store in northwest Lawrence, city planning staff says the ball is mostly in the developers' court right now. The Journal-World asked the Planning and Development Services department about what approvals were still needed before Costco could start construction on ...
Story updated at 3:52 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7: The consultant who will assist in Lawrence's city manager search will soon hold his first meetings with city leaders, and he's coming straight from a search in a college community that some people here may recognize. He's Doug Thomas, the ...
When students are gone this summer in Lawrence, landlords will have more latitude to lease out vacant units to an influx of FIFA World Cup guests, thanks to a set of temporary changes that the Lawrence City Commission approved on Tuesday night. At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City ...
Story updated at 5:53 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6: Lawrence police have released the name of the 28-year-old Minnesota man who was fatally shot by a City of Lawrence employee on Monday at City Hall, and provided more information about the events that led up to the shooting. The man's name was Omar ...
While it is known a City of Lawrence employee shot and killed an intruder inside City Hall on Monday, what hasn’t been released is what type of employee was carrying a gun inside the public building. The City of Lawrence’s employee handbook provides some possibilities. The city — ...
UPDATED 3:15 P.M. JAN. 5 While Lawrence City Hall is closed through Wednesday in response to a Monday morning shooting that took place there, the Lawrence City Commission will hold its regular public meeting in the building on Tuesday evening nonetheless. Shortly after the fatal shooting ...