Two buildings in the Oread neighborhood that city staff says have historic value could be a problem for the first “very-high-density” housing project in Lawrence's history. The project is Lawrence businessman Doug Compton's two-building, 300-bedroom apartment complex called The Place @ KU. ...

“It’s not good for printing,” this photo that Gary Mark Smith took of a few boys on the streets of Tangier, Morocco. It’s not violent or dark or frightening, like so much of the stuff he’s seen in nearly half a century of photographing the most dangerous streets on Earth. But it’s ...

After the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center stepped away from a permanent supportive housing project, an advisory board is recommending the city claw back more than half a million in affordable housing funds — a first for the city. As the Journal-World reported, Bert Nash said last ...

Electricity and gas companies have a special rule that governs when they can shut off services in the winter months, but you might not have known the City of Lawrence’s water service limits its cold-weather shutoffs, as well. The city’s current practice is to not shut off customers’ ...

Lawrence city commissioners all agree that they want a new fire station in northwest Lawrence – but they don’t yet agree on a proposed property tax increase to fund the expansion. On Tuesday, the City Commission had its first chance to discuss city staff’s 2027 budget proposal, which ...

James Chiselom doesn’t like to talk about how the Lawrence Community Shelter looked in 2024, when he started as executive director. “People couldn’t feel safe here, people were abused here, people were victimized here,” he said. The shelter had cycled through seven other leaders in ...