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1 week ago | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell |Cuyler Dunn
Share this post or save for laterLawrence city commissioners will consider advancing multimillion-dollar tax incentives to help fund the second phase of KU’s Gateway Project and a proposed Q39 restaurant downtown. The meeting will include public hearings on both. The Gateway Project’s first phase included renovating much of the KU football stadium and construction of a conference center. That’s on track to be completed in August. The approximate price tag of Phase 1 is $448 million.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell |Cuyler Dunn
Share this post or save for laterThousands of international soccer fans and millions of dollars are expected to descend on Kansas City next year as the city hosts six world cup matches. Lawrence officials and organizations have begun preparing to claim a slice of the pie. The impacts are expected to be huge. Six games will be played at Arrowhead Stadium, including a quarterfinal match.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell
Share this post or save for laterTwo families have been displaced from their homes following a fire in the Prairie Park neighborhood early Sunday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to a house fire in the 2800 block of Lankford Drive, which is near East 28th Street and O’Connell Road, at 4:50 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell |Maya Hodison
Share this post or save for laterMary’s Lake, adjacent to Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence, will be getting a makeover aimed at advancing work to nurture the surrounding habitat. The project, set to be completed by May 2026, will include building a larger dock, adding new field observation equipment, involving Haskell Indian Nations University students in shoreline habitat restoration and more, according to a City of Lawrence news release.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell |Mackenzie Clark
Share this post or save for laterFirefighter-medics on Tuesday emphasized the worst-nightmare moments that they see on a regular basis as they pleaded with the Lawrence City Commission to fund staffing levels the same way the city has in years past. The Lawrence and Douglas County commissions have agreed to support building two new fire stations to serve the city as it continues to expand.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell
Share this post or save for laterWith storms in the forecast for Wednesday, one might have thought the weather would be the biggest concern for the drone show planned for Lawrence’s Summerfest. Rather, apparent network issues rained on the crowd’s parade as the dozens of tiny flying machines never took to the sky. The show was planned to start around 9:45 p.m., but that time came and went. Those in attendance started leaving in droves around 10:15.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell
Share this post or save for laterA storm system was visible over the eastern outskirts of Lawrence Tuesday evening as more thunderstorms began to roll in from the southwest. Lawrence is under a flood watch until 7 a.m. Wednesday. Monday brought widespread flooding, which could worsen with additional storms Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell
Share this post or save for laterA Lawrence crowd welcomed Split Lip Rayfield as the band performed together for the first time since 2019 on Friday night at the fourth annual Kaw River Roots Festival. “The group is credited with helping to shape a new genre by blending elements of bluegrass, punk rock, hard rock, and country music into a unique and powerful sound,” according to their Kansas Music Hall of Fame bio.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell
Share this post or save for laterThe Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers’ Association hosted its annual Bee FunDay event on Saturday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Pollinator pals at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels got to learn more about beekeeping. Nearby at the fairgrounds, native plants sold quickly at the Douglas County Master Gardeners’ annual sale. Many of the plants sold are intended to support pollinators such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
lawrencekstimes.com | August Rudisell
Share this post or save for laterMany Lawrence community members whose lives have been touched by cancer gathered Friday night for Relay for Life, an annual fundraiser to support cancer research. Volunteers for this year’s event, held at Rock Chalk Park, raised nearly $149,000 this year of their goal of $170,000, according to the fundraiser’s website as of Friday night.
