City commissioners approved a financial incentive package on Tuesday for the Q39 barbecue restaurant project in downtown Lawrence, which developers said they needed for the restaurant project to be viable. The commission voted 4-1 to approve a Community Improvement District and issuance of ...
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved another key step to allow the second phase of an approximately $300 million redevelopment project around KU’s football stadium to move forward. The commission voted to create two taxing districts, a STAR Bond district and a tax increment ...
A man whose arrest involved agencies from two counties and disrupted traffic on Sixth Street on Saturday is from Lawrence, and he's charged in Johnson County with aggravated assault, according to court records. Christopher DeMarcus Bolden, 36, is charged in Johnson County District Court with ...
OK, old-timer, maybe you did have a route to school that was uphill both ways. But I know there is one challenge you didn’t have: Today’s housing market. Thank your lucky stars. A new report shows that an average income-earning household in Lawrence that is looking to buy an ...
Citing financial market concerns, Douglas County will delay a $55 million bond sale for funding the renovation of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the construction of the new Public Safety Building. On Wednesday, county staff will share with commissioners the plan to postpone the ...
A Lawrence man was sentenced on Tuesday to just under five years in prison for biting a Douglas County corrections officer on the leg. The man, Cetewayo M. Ragins, 43, was convicted by a jury in February of biting the officer in June of 2024 after he was arrested on another charge. Judge Amy ...
