News and notes from around town: The empty lot at the southwest corner of Sixth and Alabama streets has been a longtime healthy holdout. Just up the street there has been a plethora of fast food restaurants develop — a McDonalds, a Burger King, a Taco Bell, a Taco John’s and more. But ...

The large vacant lot about a block north of 19th Street and Haskell Avenue has had many plans over the years. While the site still doesn't have firm plans, it does have definite dirt piles. Construction crews are installing infrastructure on the property, and an owner of the site said it is ...

Even with housing prices rising and construction activity falling, Lawrence found room for more than 560 new residents last year, according to the latest numbers from the Census. But the new report also gave a glimpse at how Lawrence’s growth machine is shifting into a slower gear. Several ...

My Spanish is spotty, but I think Cinco de Mayo means “five more tacos.” Actually, my certainty of that translation is somewhere south of cinco percent. (I think . . . although math is kind of spotty too.) But what I do know is that before, on and after May 5, I ate a lot of tacos. I ...

Plans to convert a nearly 180-acre site at the South Lawrence Trafficway and Iowa Street into a major retail, housing and entertainment center are likely nearing a key approval, a development representative told the Journal-World Thursday. That’s a different message than you may have picked ...

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 ...