It almost is a truism in a college town: When you get a place with more space, get more couches. (The two hardest parts about moving my college-age son were the number of couches, and getting people off of them.) The situation is not quite the same at Habitat for Humanity’s new ReStore, but ...
As the calendar turned to fall, inflation was soaring in Lawrence and across the state, the latest Kansas sales tax figures suggest. But they also suggest something else: Consumers never blinked. The latest numbers from the state show sales tax collections in Lawrence were up a whopping 30% ...
There has been some question, concern and confusion among Kansas fans surrounding whether the 6-6 Jayhawks are a lock to play in a bowl this postseason. They are. And we’ll officially know which bowl they’ll be playing in one week from today, when the bowl pairings are announced on ESPN. ...
The day after KU won the NCAA National Championship, the Journal-World set up a folding card table outside our office door to sell copies of the newspaper. We sold so many that I joked if I had gotten an MBA, I would have thought to set up two card tables. Less visible but even busier were ...
Obviously the pilgrims chose turkey for the first Thanksgiving because the drive-thru burger joint was closed for the holiday. Maybe the history books differ on that contention, but it is a fact that I’ve got hamburgers on my mind. Particularly, Whataburgers. In case you have forgotten, ...
Maybe the online buying trend has gone a step too far. (I’m not saying that because Amazon has asked whether my home has a loading dock.) One new Lawrence entrepreneur believes online shopping has taken hold in an area that doesn’t make much sense — maternity clothing. Kisha Cranston is ...
Last year wasn’t a great year to earn money in Douglas County. But — brace yourself for a phrase we don’t often say when it comes to money — at least we weren’t Johnson County. The federal government has released statistics showing the per capita personal income for every county in ...
I’ve said this to a few people, a few different times, already this season, but last night’s effort by the Kansas defense in a 69-64 win over No. 7 Duke inspired me to write about it. I cannot remember seeing a Kansas team that played this hard and with this much intensity on the ...
Story updated at 4 p.m. Wednesday: KU plans to build a 600-person conference and event center that would be integrated into the north bowl of its football stadium, according to a concept plan obtained by the Journal-World. While the plans aren’t set in stone, the concept answers one of the ...
I hesitate to make the comparison because of everything that Ochai Agbaji went on to do during his final season as a Kansas Jayhawk. But if you haven’t at least thought briefly about Ochai while watching Jalen Wilson go off to open the season, I’m not sure you’ve been watching closely ...
Shoppers will soon have to look beyond Lawrence to find a Bed Bath & Beyond. The chain retailer has announced that it is closing its lone Lawrence location. The store in the Pine Ridge Plaza shopping center near 33rd and Iowa streets has the going-out-of-business signs up and is running ...
The kinds of mistakes that the Kansas football program has largely avoided throughout the season hurt the Jayhawks in a big way Saturday night in Lubbock, Texas. Two missed field goals and two turnovers by Kansas quarterback Jason Bean played a huge role in Texas Tech’s 43-28 win over ...
It’s still early in the 2022-23 college basketball season, yet Kansas fans already have seen KU freshmen Gradey Dick and MJ Rice make pretty memorable college debuts in back to back games. Both players used the word “dream” when describing their first games as Jayhawks, and both had a ...
As a city-operated campground for the homeless has grown on the edge of downtown, business owners in recent weeks have begun protesting that the central business district is no place for such a campground. Come to find out, they may have a powerful document on their side: the city’s own ...
It’s been a while since anyone’s had to take a real look at how the Kansas football program could earn its way into the Big 12 Championship game. But that time is here. And it’s real. It’s also pretty simple. I’ll give you a minute to catch your breath and take a seat if you ...
Johnny’s Tavern in North Lawrence plans to reopen on Friday morning after owners had closed the historic bar for the last three days in protest of how the city is operating a homeless encampment next to the business. Rick Renfro, an owner of Johnny’s Tavern, said he’s decided to reopen ...
Lawrence got its welcome into the Big 1st Congressional District on Tuesday. Consider these numbers: 1st District Democratic candidate Jimmy Beard won Douglas County by 17,125 votes, receiving 75% of the vote in the largest county in the sprawling 1st District. Yet, Beard came nowhere close ...
Brad Ziegler is convinced that a German stonemason a century ago saved lives at his Lawrence restaurant last Friday. Ziegler got a call from the manager at his Big Mill restaurant saying that a vehicle had crashed through the storefront of the restaurant at the corner of Ninth and Mississippi ...
Thanks to Saturday’s 37-16 win over 18th-ranked Oklahoma State, the Kansas football team and its fans no longer have to wonder if the Jayhawks will end their bowl drought this season. It’s happening. With six wins in nine games and three more chances to add to their win total before the ...
It is a piece of business advice you don’t hear in every how-to-become rich book: Be willing to enjoy what you are doing. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Tom Dobski, an owner of Lawrence’s McDonald’s franchise, ranks it as a key to business success. After all, he literally ...
