For decades, big box stores have been a big argument in Lawrence. In the mid-1990s, it was Super Target. There was a lot of community angst that Super Target was going to be a super threat to downtown Lawrence. A couple of years later, it was Borders bookstore. There was a lot of angst that ...

So, that’s what a competitive Senate race looks like. Millions of dollars flood the state, broadening the campaign, multiplying attack ads and intensifying political discourse. Journalists from major news organizations descend, writing stories, spotlighting local issues and engaging with ...

The elections were a one-sided affair. What happens next shouldn’t be. Instead, Democrats and Republicans should come together, look each other deeply in the eyes and say the three little words that time eternal has proven to be the glue that holds together important relationships. You ...

Everything that goes around comes around — just not always in the correct order. That was proven on Sunday by the blankety-blank No. 6. The horses indeed went all the way around the track at Eureka Downs, but I never could quite get them to come around in the right order. I lost a $1 ...

Lounging on the beach is great. Basking on the beach is even better. Doing so with access to a free beach house . . . come on, what could possibly come next? A mermaid? No, a nonconference basketball game between KU and the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds. What? You want us to lug a TV down to ...

I think Lawrence might be the most compassionate community in Kansas. Think about it: Local government created its own mental health center to provide the compassion the state’s understaffed mental healthcare system hasn’t provided. Lawrence has not one, but two, tiny home projects ...