A utility and road construction project near 19th Street and Maple Lane is nearing completion, and the City of Lawrence expects 19th will reopen in the first week of June. The city posted Tuesday on social media about the final steps of the Maple Lane improvement project, which has been ...

City commissioners could soon be hearing public comments at the start of their meeting once a month, and they could also adopt a civility resolution that contains “standards of conduct” for the commission itself. At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider ...

As a step toward its expansion plans, longtime Lawrence garage door manufacturer Amarr wants to own its current facility instead of leasing it, and the city could give it an assist next week with Industrial Revenue Bonds. Amarr is asking the city to issue up to $35 million of the bonds to help ...

The heavy rains came in late April and covered the trails at Lawrence’s Rock Chalk Park sports complex with mud and debris. The city’s decision to temporarily close the trails for repairs, though, has uncovered something as well: The City of Lawrence for years has disregarded a signed ...

A settlement has been reached in the Riverfront building owners' lawsuit against the city of Lawrence and its contractors, one in which the defendants would pay a total of $2.5 million, the city would take control of the building and the SpringHill Suites hotel would stop operating ...

For years now, residents of University Place have been afraid of losing their neighborhood’s history. And earlier this year, Pam Burkhead said, that fear became more real than ever. The neighborhood to the southeast of the University of Kansas campus was worried that Lawrence’s new land ...