News and notes from around town:
When it comes to the age-old question of ‘what’s in a name,” sometimes the answer is confusing directions that cause you to get in a shouting match with your GPS. That’s been the case with the 12th and Haskell Recycling Center in eastern Lawrence for ...
Not much of Kansas’ nonconference men’s basketball schedule came as a surprise.
The vast majority of the Jayhawks’ prominent matchups had been previously reported, including the cornerstone of the home schedule — UConn — mere hours before KU officially announced the slate, and games ...
In a previous column I spent an unjustifiable amount of first time, then space, essentially trying to project what ultimately amounted to two fictional regular-season nonconference games for the Kansas men’s basketball team.
KU then proceeded to announce the rest of its nonconference ...
Lawrence City Hall budget-makers will take any good news they can these days. The city has about a $6.6 million budget hole to fill for its 2026 budget, and it already has implemented buyout plans for 20 employees, with more perhaps to come.
As the budget process gets ready to swing into high ...
If you are still finding your way around the world of golf (don’t go more than chest-deep into the pond, lest it impact your backswing,) you may not know that there are a couple of different types of driving ranges.
There’s the traditional driving range where you put a ball on a tee, hit ...
However much intrigue surrounds the Kansas football offense entering the 2025 season, there’s arguably even more left to figure out when it comes to KU’s defense and special teams.
The defense features both a variety of transfers and a large, prominent contingent of returning players whose ...