Many of you are probably familiar with the television program “MythBusters,” where a group of somewhat nerdy science aficionados disprove many myths — often by blowing something up. Well, the folks at the U.S. Census Bureau can do the same thing, and usually use a lot less dynamite in ...

The world may have been bumpy in 2024, but shoppers were steady. The city of Lawrence’s budget: Less so. We now have a year’s worth of sales tax collections in the book, and Lawrence’s 2024 totals don’t look much different than 2023 figures. Lawrence sales tax collections were up by ...

Here’s a resolution for you in 2025: Use fewer forks. It might save you money (although wet wipe bills may eat into some of those savings.) What possibly could be my point? Not to quibble, but I have four of them. (I think that is true even if we are talking about a spork.) Forks can cost ...

East Lawrence is set to get another affordable housing project, but the broader community may get something that proves even more valuable out of the venture — an affordable housing method. As we reported last month, a project in the Warehouse Arts District in East Lawrence was selected by ...

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 ...