If empty cartons were the requirement to become Lawrence’s royal family of ice cream, mine might well be on the throne. But it’s not, and we aren’t. Instead, for about 50 years, the Walter family has been in the best position to claim that title as the owner of Lawrence and Douglas ...

Pan — the Spanish word for “bread” — is a big part of the relatively new Mexican bakery and restaurant at 19th and Haskell. Pandemic, the English word for “oh #%@!!!” — is a big part of how the small business came to be. Javier Angeles and Lucia Cano — owners of Angeles ...

There are new questions surrounding the legality of the unsanctioned homeless camp on city-owned property behind the Amtrak train station in East Lawrence. Actually, the questions may be circling overhead. Bald eagles. An inquiry by the Journal-World has found that the city-owned property ...

Let’s do some news and notes from around town: — Look for a fairly sizable apartment complex to spring up near the intersection of 23rd Street and O’Connell Road. Plans have been filed for a project that would build eight two-story apartment buildings on the approximately 8.5 acres that ...

Talks for the city to buy a vacant lot near 19th and Haskell for a new homeless shelter project have fallen through, according to an owner of the property. Tony Krsnich, who leads a group that owns the property at 800 Lynn St., told me that negotiations with the city have ended without a ...

County officials oppose putting a new homeless project on county-owned land by the Lawrence Community Shelter, in part, because the site isn’t visible enough in the community and is too near the Douglas County Jail. A county spokeswoman on Wednesday said those were two of four strong ...