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As city stops taking new residents at North Lawrence homeless camp, concerns grow about life and safety issues at East Lawrence camp
The city of Lawrence is no longer allowing new residents in its sanctioned camp for the homeless, but now there is concern that an unsanctioned camp along the railroad tracks in East Lawrence is growing. At the unofficial camp behind…
Amid assessment of Lawrence development code, consultant lays out some anticipated changes
After assessing Lawrence’s development code for the past few months, city-hired consultants have laid out some changes for an update that will affect where and how the city grows. Those include changes to the setup of both residential and commercial…
Miniature golf park in the works for Pittsburg
A new miniature golf park is one step closer for Pittsburg’s Lincoln Park... Riggs Chiropractic recently donated $10,000 to the city’s parks and recreation department, which is overseeing the project. Expected cost for the new course is $350,000. Other funding…
Hiawatha asks for community input on stoplight issue
Hiawatha city officials are asking for the community's input on the First and Oregon Street intersection stoplight issue. For the past few weeks, the stoplights have been in blinking mode since a possible wiring short occurred from excess rain. The…
Newton celebrates mural, time capsule
As Newton’s sesquicentennial year draws to a close, a group of around 30 showed up to celebrate the completion of a new mural across from the Amtrak station at 414 N. Oak Street to commemorate the event. The mural–called the “Ice…
Emporia discusses skate park expansion
The Emporia City Commission continued discussions on potential updates to the Lorenzo Delgado Sports Complex skateboard park Wednesday afternoon. The skateboard park received an anonymous $250,000 donation last year to make improvements and updates. The donation came after Maddox Gutierrez,…
Eudora looking for new city manager as longtime leader takes Maryland job
The City of Eudora will be looking for a new city manager just as the eastern Douglas County community is expected to see an influx of growth from development of the nearby $4 billion Panasonic battery plant. Longtime City Manager…
An update on De Soto’s $4B Panasonic battery plant, including starting wages and talk of an expansion of Kansas Highway 10
Many starting wages at the new $4 billion Panasonic battery plant in nearby De Soto will be in the $20 to $25 an hour range, a Lawrence consultant working with the company said. That’s good information for potential job seekers…
‘It is killing people’: The fentanyl crisis in Lawrence is on the rise and ‘it’s everywhere in the city’
In May of last year, the Lawrence Police Department warned the community about a potent drug that was killing area residents. It was not the usual “stay away from drugs” message directed at teens, but something far more urgent and…
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