Raises for police, fire, stormwater, traffic and solid waste workers are slated for a vote by the Lawrence City Commission at its meeting next week. On the commission's meeting agenda for Tuesday are an agreement with one of the city's employee unions and amendments to the city's agreements ...
The inaugural Ugly Sweater Fun Run in Baldwin City is a chance to show off your most audacious holiday attire, but it’s also Baldwin City’s chance to show off a title it wears proudly: Quilt Capital of Kansas. The southern Douglas County community has had that designation since 2019, when ...
A chilly Thanksgiving will kick off a colder-than-normal end to November, with forecasters saying that Saturday’s rain could flip to snow, especially to the north and east. On Thanksgiving Day, the high will be around 44 degrees Fahrenheit with a forecast of mostly sunny and a low of 24 ...
It is safety first for this holiday weekend, which means I’m testing the strength of my elastic waistbands. The only thing that gets stretched harder during the season is my wallet, but the testing of the waistband is more fun. (It may or may not have involved me eating three pieces of pie ...
Recent visitors to downtown Lawrence may have noticed a few things looking different near 11th and Massachusetts streets. The obvious one is the hulking addition taking shape to the south of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The more subtle one is the absence of trees on the lawn between ...
CEDAR CREST — The best gift Statehouse Republicans could give Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly this holiday season is collaboration to resolve Kansas’ water issues, she said Tuesday at the annual Christmas tree donation at Cedar Crest. “Recognizing that that is not a political win or loss for ...
