The Crossing — KU’s West Campus development near the northwest corner of Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street — long has been envisioned to be a “live, work, play” district that elevates KU’s standing in the region. Well, the work part is solidly in place. The West Campus area is ...

More homes for sale in Lawrence did not lead to more homes actually being bought in the city last month, according to the latest report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. For years, local real estate agents have said the biggest obstacle to boosting the city’s home sales has been a lack of ...

You sure can recycle food, and I’m not just talking about taking a chance on the meatloaf a week after it was served. For a long time, gardeners in the know have been saving their food scraps in buckets or bins to allow those scraps to break down into a nutrient-rich compost to feed their ...

News and notes from around town: — It has been my experience that an overly-stuffed closet can create several things: delays in the morning wardrobe selection, grumblings from your housemates, and the occasional avalanche that leaves you temporarily trapped under 1980s memorabilia that ...

With about half the year in the books, a story about the Lawrence economy is beginning to emerge: Brick and mortar stores are slow, ‘buy now’ buttons are busy, and City Hall budget-makers are holding on. Lawrence is performing worse than any other major retail market in the state when it ...

UPDATED: 10:50 A.M. JUNE 26 Lawrence-based Laird Noller Auto Group landed on a relatively small list earlier this year, but not one any business seeks to make. Laird Noller was one of 97 auto dealer groups in the entire country that received a formal warning letter from the Federal Trade ...