The north end of downtown Lawrence soon may have everything from ice skating to a food hall full of small restaurants. And to make it more unique, it would all be in the same spot. (I’m already dangerous on skates, but if I have a fork and knife in my hand, I’m going to have to increase ...
It is looking more likely that at least some of the University of Kansas’ home football games next season will be played in Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Wednesday that a nearly $500 million project to renovate David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium will ...
With the release of Gov. Laura Kelly’s recommended budget on Thursday, we are fully in political debate season. No doubt, taxes will be at the center of many debates that take place at the Statehouse between now and its spring adjournment. Politicians will produce a lot of words in those ...
Maybe award-winning barbecue has been the long-missing ingredient in an effort to convert the former Journal-World printing complex on the north end of downtown into a major new commercial area. We are about to find out. Kansas City’s popular Q39 barbecue restaurant has signed on to be an ...
Even if we are browsing through the clearance items at the Goodwill store, all of us Lawrence shoppers can feel like we are almost part of an exclusive club — the $2 billion club. Lawrence fell just short of posting $2 billion in total retail sales in 2023, which would have made it just one ...
Parades should be just swell in 2024. The same might be said for community chili suppers and other such gatherings. And, oh my, how pretty the state’s roadsides will be with red and blue signs that contain what surely will be the 2024 Word of the Year: Elect. Yes, this year is not just an ...