It is the final chapter for a downtown Lawrence building that used to produce many a chapter in academic journals around the world. A large track hoe excavator began punching holes in the cinderblock walls of the former Allen Press building at 11th and New Hampshire streets at about 9:45 a.m. ...
The idea that a fast car and a thick wallet are useful when looking for a house in Lawrence got reinforced with a national report released on Tuesday. A new ranking by the trade journal Construction Coverage found that Lawrence in 2023 had one of the slowest rates of new housing construction ...
Let’s look at some news and notes from around town: — The eastern edge of Lawrence doesn’t have a welcome sign, but if it did, it should include a message that says “we’re glad you are here, but we are really glad you brought all your stuff.” The area along east 23rd Street near ...
The tiny houses that are providing shelter for the homeless in Lawrence aren’t growing any bigger, but they are set to grow in number. As we’ve reported, the Lawrence Community Shelter has been discussing the idea of placing some of the small structures behind its homeless shelter in ...
It was a bad month at a bad time for Lawrence sales tax collections. Sales tax collections in Lawrence were down 5.3% from a year ago, according to the August report recently released by the state. That decline was significantly higher than the statewide average, which checked in at a decline ...
Kansas head coach Lance Leipold opted to limit this year’s initial depth chart to a strict two-deep format, resulting in just 58 players — as opposed to the 70 included on last year’s season-opening edition. But what if we wanted to account for that difference in some way? Here’s a ...
