It is time to check in on Joe and Jane Average and their taxes again. Sure, you know Joe and Jane. They live in an average Lawrence home and they make an average Lawrence wage. They have friends in cities across the state who also live in average homes in those communities and make average ...
Let’s do some news and notes from around town: — It sure sounds like the new owners of longtime Lawrence-based business Allen Press — now known as Sheridan Kansas — are making some changes that are impacting jobs at the company’s East Lawrence facility. I’ve heard from multiple ...
The University of Kansas is getting more serious about adding a hotel next to its football stadium as part of a larger gateway project that would try to make the area a destination for conventions. Chancellor Douglas Girod also confirmed in a brief interview that KU is in formal discussions ...
Lawrence has hit a 10-year low in the number of homes sold, but not even that has been enough to cause home prices to cool, a new report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors shows. In fact, Lawrence home prices remained red hot in February, according to the latest figures. That makes Lawrence ...
Another men’s basketball season is over at KU, and you know what they say at the winningest program in college basketball: You don’t rebuild at Kansas — you reload. Well, this year, they’ll also refurbish. As we’ve been reporting for the past couple of weeks, plans are in the ...
Plans are accelerating to convert one of the oldest buildings in Lawrence into an an event hall and restaurant on the edge of downtown. Owners of the historic Turnhalle building — an 1869 stone structure at 900 Rhode Island St. — have filed plans to construct a small addition that will ...