The City of Lawrence made an offer to the commission’s chosen city manager candidate last week. Legal counsel and consultants are still in contract negotiations, according to the mayor. “We hope to ...

Theatre Lawrence’s 2026-27 season will offer a mix of classic adaptations, contemporary musicals and character-driven dramas. The season begins in September with “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” a ...

Learn how to help a turtle cross the road, fold origami, spark a firefly festival and much more at the Lawrence Public Library’s How-To Festival this weekend. The annual festival is slated for 10 a.m.

City staff are proposing a 2.5% wage increase for all city employees in 2027, plus step increases for some, backed by a wage study a consultant presented to city commissioners Tuesday. “The fiscal ...

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday agreed to purchase the former newspaper printing press building downtown, to be used as a city hall annex, for $2.1 million. They’re not rushing to complete an ...

Streamline Coffee will permanently close its doors in downtown Lawrence on Tuesday, and a new Tex-Mex restaurant has opened across town. The shop’s final day of business is Tuesday, with hours until 2 ...

From left, U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Shanice Davids, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, and U.S. Reps. Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt are defending their seats against 25 challengers in the August primary ...

Johnson County Transit has suspended the K-10 Connector bus service for the summer, and Lawrence Transit is expanding service with new “Score Lawrence” routes for World Cup match days. The K-10 ...

Outfitted with a little eyelash glue and tiny, solar-powered tags, Kristen Baum and her team at Monarch Watch will be able to watch the progress of monarch butterflies hatched in Lawrence as they fly ...