News and notes from around town: ••• There soon will be a new housing development in northwest Lawrence called Beth’s Ranch. It’s named as such because the site at the southeast corner of Sixth Street and George Williams Way for decades was home to a horse ranch. I can’t say ...

News and notes from around town: ••• There’s much to count during the holiday season. Blessings, of course, but also pennies — as in how many of them I can save when filling up my gas tank after all this Christmas traveling. If you are that same type of counter, here are a few ...

Plans for a Braum’s restaurant in Lawrence may be delayed, but that doesn’t mean we have to pause the expansion of our waistbands. While I reported earlier this week that the hamburger and ice cream chain said it doesn’t have plans in either 2025 or 2026 to develop the northwest Lawrence ...

There’s an old saying about all of us screaming for ice cream. Now, I’m wondering whether some of us will cry about it too, given the latest news from the ice cream and fast food chain Braum’s. As we reported all the way back in May 2023, the Oklahoma-based chain bought property in ...

At a combined $759 million, the proposed conference center, hotel and student housing development around the University of Kansas’ football stadium might be the largest single commercial development in the city’s history. But it might be better if it were just a bit bigger. Several ...

KU needs another $300 million worth of development around its football stadium to create a true “gateway” to wow potential students and attract new dollars critical for the next generation, university leaders told the Journal-World. An upscale Marriott hotel, a mix of restaurants and ...