I was not a geography major in college, but I did understand it well enough to know that KU’s decision to start its graduation ceremony at the top of a hill was an advantage to me: If I ran down it, I might beat the administrators who realized they had made a mistake. These days, I worry ...
Sports are big business in Lawrence. College partying is even bigger. A new downtown Lawrence bar and restaurant plans to get in on both industries, and soon may have at least three floors of space — including a rooftop seating area — to do it from. Logie’s on Mass has opened at 728 ...
UPDATED: 2:45 p.m. May 6, 2021 If a film were made about my days living in a college apartment, it would have been a horror flick. A completely innocent protagonist (me, of course) caught between two monsters — an angry pile of dirty dishes in half the rooms and a stinking pile of laundry in ...
The old East Lawrence industrial building along Eighth Street near the railroad tracks frequently leaves me feeling hungry. After all, it generally is shaped like a hot dog. (I could never work at the Pentagon because my pizza bills would be too expensive.) Now, it looks like dining at that ...
Motorists along O’Connell Road soon will start seeing progress on a building that has been in the works for the last 12 years. No, construction delays haven’t gotten that bad, yet. Rather, a Baptist church that purchased land on Lawrence’s far eastern edge a dozen years ago has now filed ...
In Lawrence, there is always a lot of focus on the quest to get to the Final Four. But there are other numerical accomplishments we could focus on too. How about the Last Three? Don’t clear out a space in the trophy case just yet. We’re talking about taxes, and being in the last three is ...
A tractor isn’t going to win many races against an airplane, but indeed tractors are going to have the final victory at the Airport Motel property in North Lawrence. A new dealership of tractors, lawn mowers and other outdoor equipment is expected to locate at the longtime motel site this ...
Lawrence’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade was virtual this year, but the money it produced was real. Organizers announced they raised almost $50,000 to benefit area nonprofits that help children. “As they always do, the Lawrence business community came through for us,” Janet Cinelli, ...
Not everybody was a winner this last Valentine’s Day. (Thinking that I had bought a box of chocolates to share with my beloved, for instance, was not a winning idea.) Lawrence’s economy was not among the winners in February either, but it had quite a bit of company, according to new sales ...
Buffets are back. Let that sink in for a moment. In fact, take all the time you need because I want to make sure I beat you to the line (and I’m out of practice running with a shovel.) Any buffet is a step toward a return to normalcy, but I have news of a new restaurant — a bit of a rarity ...
Sometimes when I’m at an auction and find an item I really must have, I let my right hand bid against my left hand just to double my chances. Lawrence’s real estate market is taking on that type of feel. You’d better have both bidding fingers ablazin', and even that might not be enough. ...
A longtime Lawrence doctor's office is set to be sold to a large nonprofit hospital corporation, creating questions about whether the local health care market is about to become a whole lot more competitive. AdventHealth — which operates what used to be known as the Shawnee Mission Medical ...
The pandemic soon will bring to an end a longtime downtown Lawrence business — but probably not in the way you are thinking. Instead of running Stitch On Needlework Shop, 926 Massachusetts St., out of business, the pandemic is steering the shop’s owner to a new way of thinking about retail. ...
A grocery store with a machine that makes fresh peanut butter can keep me enthralled for hours. Just imagine if a grocery store came equipped with pool tables. If they are next to the snack food aisle, I might bring a tent. Soon, I may get a chance to find out. A local businessman is opening a ...
Rising property values are sure to create some higher property tax bills in Douglas County this year. But one group is less likely than others to see them: owners of buildings that house restaurants, bars, storefronts, offices and other commercial property. Commercial property values in ...
Whether it is to be nearer to where the deer and the antelope play or simply to be farther away from pandemic crowds, a home on the range seems to be growing both in popularity and price in Douglas County. While there has been a lot of attention on the shortage of available and affordable ...
I have a hard time believing that I ever would fall asleep in a dentist’s chair. (I make sure I eat a pound of candy beforehand because my dentist’s selection, quite frankly, stinks.) But in the field of sedation dentistry, getting someone so comfortable that they fall asleep in the chair ...
When you work with 6-foot tall chickens, having the right amount of space is important. Considerations like those are behind plans filed by a Lawrence businessman and artist to set up shop in a North Lawrence industrial location. Mike Riggs is seeking a special permit from Lawrence City Hall ...
Will Soo, owner of Lawrence’s new Lucky Seb’s Dumpling Bar & Grill, is the mastermind behind a Chinese-style dumpling stuffed with a traditional loaded American baked potato. What’s going on in that mind to create that combination? “I’m Chinese American,” Soo said. “I was ...
If you remember back in January, the big news was that every man, woman and child would soon be getting a $600 COVID-19 relief check from the federal government. Well, the checks certainly came, and in most Kansas communities, a big boost in spending followed. But that wasn’t the case in ...