The Kansas Department of Transportation announced the distribution of funding for the Kansas Airport Improvement Program, including an $184,435 grant for repairs at the Lawrence Municipal Airport. The grant requires a minimum 10% match from the city, or a contribution of at least $18,443, and ...
Five years after the invasive emerald ash borer was detected in Douglas County, the spread of the destructive insect appears to be approaching its peak — it's led to the removal of close to 150 ash trees so far this year and around 800 since it first arrived. The insect, a type of beetle ...
Leaders from the city and the Lawrence Public Library say they are working to assist the homeless people who have been camping outside the library in recent months. Since the library closed in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, homeless people have regularly been using the seating ...
If Lawrence doesn't attract more kinds of businesses, it could become a bedroom community that's not affordable for people who don't commute elsewhere, according to an economic analysis that city leaders recently commissioned. In June, the city hired the economic consulting firm Ernst & ...
The city’s annual count of the number of available residential lots in Lawrence has decreased slightly compared to the previous year, which some say does not bode well for the city’s effort to create more affordable housing. According to the city’s 2019 residential lot inventory, there ...
A $325,000 public art project for the city’s new police headquarters is moving forward, and the selected artist says he sees the project as an opportunity to build an interactive piece that helps build connections within the community. Lawrence City Commissioners approved an agreement with ...
Though the community will not gather to watch firefighters rescue Santa Claus from the roof of Weaver’s Department Store or count down for the illumination of the downtown holiday lights, city leaders say visiting downtown for the holidays is more important than ever this year. Mayor ...
Lawrence leaders have voted to increase some of the fees the city charges a natural gas provider to use city property, and more discussions about both fees and environmental sustainability goals will occur in the next year. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted ...
Lawrence leaders will soon consider increasing some of the fees the city charges a natural gas provider to use city property, potentially affecting the rates the company charges its Lawrence customers. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting fee ...
A small group of nature lovers spent Saturday morning cleaning up a sandbar in the Kansas River in hopes that more people can enjoy the river's natural beauty in the future. Kansas Riverkeeper Dawn Buehler, who leads the Friends of the Kaw advocacy group, said about 10 members of the group ...
The Lawrence City Commission will soon decide on procedures for investigating potential ethics violations by its members and other city positions. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a resolution that establishes procedures for investigating alleged ...
The Lawrence Community Police Review Board is wrapping up its process of drafting an ordinance to strengthen oversight of complaints against police and preparing to begin a public input process regarding the proposed changes. As part of its meeting Thursday, the board voted unanimously to ...
Clad in her workout gear and a pink mask, Karen Gideon was dozens of feet away from others in her workout class Thursday morning. That’s the way she likes it. Gideon was originally “very nervous” to join a group class through Lawrence Parks and Recreation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Several organizations are proposing that the City of Lawrence turn a historic limestone barn that once served as a station on the Underground Railroad into a community history center. The proposal was provided to the City Commission as part of its meeting Tuesday evening and later shared with ...
City leaders have approved a sales tax break for a renovation and construction project for the headquarters of a locally based construction company. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Stuart Boley absent, to approve a request from Banks ...
City leaders will soon consider a sales tax break for a renovation and construction project for the headquarters of a locally based construction company. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a request from Banks Street LLC for an industrial revenue bond ...
The racial inequities that many in the U.S. seek to remedy first confronted Farris Muhammad when he was a child growing up on the east side of Detroit. Even though he lived in a Black neighborhood, Muhammad said that as early as 5 years old he started to notice that the people in charge in ...
The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will be adding additional hours to the recreation centers beginning Monday. The rec centers reopened last month for drop-in public use, but with limited hours, after a seven-month closure due to the coronavirus. Parks and Recreation will continue to ...
Lawrence Police Department representatives say they do not know what caused a dramatic drop in the number of traffic citations issued by officers over the past decade. Though several significant developments in policing did occur around the same time as the initial decline in the number of ...
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, 25 city employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one of those cases currently active. The city was formerly issuing news releases to announce each positive case, but city spokesman Porter Arneill said in an email to the ...