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Score one for the lead-footed motorist. The speed limit could be on the way up for a one-mile stretch of road on the west edge of Lawrence. The Kansas Department of Transportation has given city leaders permissio to raise the speed limit on west 6th Street from Wakarusa Drive to the K-10 bypass.
There's no rest for eight members of the state chamip, Free State Baseball team. Just five days removed from winning the 6A title, they're back on the practice field in preperation for the American Legion Baseball season.
When Big 12 champion KU takes to the diamond in it's four-team double-elimination regional tomorrow, they will be joined by two other conference holders.
Roger Quakenbush has an eye for men's fashion that is still in demand 60 years later. After serving in World War II, Quakenbusch returned to Lawrence and started working at Carl's Clothiers. Eventually he bought Carl's, merged with Weaver's and managed the men's department for 30 years.
A new city ordinance helps streamline marijuana cases in the courts. 17 cases have been filed since the new penalties and procedures went into effect about two months ago.
In a proposal from Gene Fritzel Construction, the library would move right across the street to the existing post office site. But the library is just one piece of a sweeping redevelopment that would run along Vermont Street all the way from 6th to 9th Streets.
A golden hammer nails in the first spike of a Habitat for Humanity home that will be built this weekend as part of the nation-wide Blitz Build. The Lawrence Home Builders Association is teaming up with Habitat for Humanity to join efforts across the country to build safe and affordable homes.
Major political backing today for the 32nd Street rout for the South Lawrence Trafficway. All republican members of the Kansas congressional delegation signed a letter supporting the controversial rout for the embattled roadway.
In less that two and a half months, high school football stadiums around the state will be filled to the brim on Friday nights.
Justice Lawton Nuss said today he “sincerely regrets” his March 1 discussion with two senators over school finance litigation and “is remorseful that it occurred.”
Bobbie Flory of the Lawrence Home Builders Association, talks about the Blitz Build for Habitat for Humanity.
All but one member of the Kansas congressional delegation have signed a letter endorsing a 32nd Street route for the South Lawrence Trafficway, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts announced today.
Leave your umbrella at home. But grab some sunglasses on the way out. "We will keep it dry today," said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. "We have some scattered clouds to start today, with more sunshine this afternoon."
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