City leaders have started to narrow down a field of two dozen candidates for the position of city manager, and three finalists for the city’s top administrative job will be announced in coming weeks. Instead of its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission held an ...
A one-block covered walkway in downtown Lawrence is set to be removed beginning next week. Demolition and other work will begin Monday on the pedestrian canopy, sidewalks and underground infrastructure in the walkway alley that runs behind the buildings that make up the 800 block of ...
Members of the city’s affordable housing board want to allow two homes to be built on one lot as long as at least one is designated as an affordable home or rental. As part of its meeting Monday, the Affordable Housing Advisory Board reviewed a preliminary draft of changes to the city’s ...
Story updated 6:01 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2019: The Lawrence City Commission will hold an executive session instead of its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The session will last approximately two hours and will be used to discuss applicants for the city manager position. There are no ...
The design of the city’s new $18.5 million police headquarters has been revealed, and officials say the building — which will be energy efficient and surrounded by parkland — will be an asset for police and the public. Police Captain Anthony Brixius said the police department is excited ...
When staff at the Lawrence Community Shelter disassembled the wood-frame beds that more than 100 homeless people slept in nightly, they found a bedbug nest in nearly every one, shelter leaders say. Interim Director Charles Frager said that for those who had no other choice but to sleep there, ...
City leaders have denied an Overland Park couple a permit to use a house in Lawrence as an Airbnb short-term rental property, citing a protest petition from neighbors and other factors. The Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Matthew Herbert opposing, to deny the permit as ...
Street closures will greet motorists Monday near the southwest corner of the University of Kansas campus as a multimillion-dollar pedestrian tunnel and road reconstruction project gets underway. Iowa Street near 19th Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction, and access from Iowa to ...
Douglas County commissioners voiced displeasure Wednesday about the City of Lawrence’s intent to recruit and hire the next chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical with no input from county staff. Talks continue between Douglas County and City of Lawrence staff revisiting the ...
City leaders approved a dam and riverbank maintenance project that could also lead to the addition of public access points, a terraced plaza and whitewater features to the Kansas River. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve a $1.24 million ...
City leaders have approved a plan to tear down a shopping center on 23rd Street and replace it with a multistory apartment and retail building. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a plan to redevelop a 5.2-acre site at 1401 W. 23rd St., which ...
Though some neighbors voiced concerns, city leaders have approved a plan to convert a building near downtown into a drop-in center for the homeless. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to approve a special use permit for the homeless center, which ...
Kansas Army National Guard officer and planning commissioner Rob Sands has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission. Sands, a native of Kansas City, Kan., graduated from the University of Kansas and has lived in Lawrence for more than 18 years. Sands, 37, has served on the ...
City leaders will soon consider a dam and riverbank maintenance project that could also lead to the addition of public access points and whitewater features to the Kansas River. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a $1.24 million contract to repair holes ...
City leaders will soon consider a plan to tear down a shopping center on 23rd Street and replace it with a multistory apartment and retail building. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a plan to redevelop a 5.2 acre site at 1401 W. 23rd St., which ...
The city board in charge of historic conservation thinks the East Lawrence neighborhood — home to modest shotgun houses, bungalows and limestone cottages and just steps from downtown Lawrence — could be in trouble. The city’s Historic Resources Commission recently sent a letter to the ...
City leaders will soon consider a plan to convert a downtown building into a drop-in center for the homeless. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a special use permit for the homeless center, which would be located at 944 Kentucky St. Neighbors filed a ...
A joint legislative task force report on transportation has a lot of promising recommendations for the county, the director of Douglas County Public Works says. The report released in January made recommendations to guide development of a new state transportation plan and reflected findings ...
The search is underway for the next chief of the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical department. The city opened the application for the position late Thursday, and City Manager Tom Markus said the city was conducting a national search for the next chief. Markus said the main qualifications ...
Some property owners in northwest Lawrence will soon be getting notices from the city asking them to repair their sidewalks. City staff estimates that millions of dollars in sidewalk repairs are needed throughout Lawrence, and the city was broken into eight zones to begin enforcing the ...