KU’s commencement ceremony in 2024 will include its traditional walk down the Hill into the football stadium — even if you might feel like you need to wear a hardhat instead of a mortarboard.
University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod recently promised that construction activity at ...
I can’t spend a lot of time on any one topic because I have to go out every 30 minutes to hug and kiss my air conditioner to make sure it knows I love it. So, let’s do some quick news and notes from around town.
— Lawrence’s Dale Willey Automotive is no longer a Buick dealership. ...
For the first time in more than 115 years, Lawrence doesn’t have a dry cleaning store in its downtown.
The Lawrence-based dry cleaning firm Scotch Fabric Care Services closed its lone downtown Lawrence location a couple of weeks ago to make way for an expansion of the Maceli’s Banquet ...
If state legislators thought a relatively new law requiring local governments to jump through extra hoops in order to raise property taxes was going to deter such tax hikes, they largely have been wrong.
More precisely, in Douglas County this year, they are 85% wrong.
County officials ...
I’m not sure what I thought would outrank a Dollar General — maybe a Dollar Emperor or Darth Dollar, perhaps — but I could have guessed all day and not come up with the answer of Popshelf. But it sure appears that young retail chain aims to be an upscale version of Dollar General.
It ...
The discount clothing retailer Burlington indeed is coming to Lawrence and will locate in the former Bed Bath & Beyond location on south Iowa Street.
The company has listed on its website Nov. 10 as an opening date for the new store. The company didn’t release the location as part of ...