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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The city’s Outdoor Aquatic Center reopened after a faulty pump forced the center to close this afternoon.
Friday, May 23, 2008
The fate of a proposed industrial park near the Lawrence Municipal Airport will hang in limbo a little longer.
Friday, May 9, 2008
With future funding of the Lawrence transit system up in the air, one city commissioner is ready to begin looking at unique alternatives. 6News reporter Chad Lawhorn is in the News Center with more.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
It's been one year since a deadly tornado wiped a small kansas town off the map. But those 12 months have brought residents back together. 6News reporter Chad Lawhorn visited Greensburg and describes the new spirit surrounding the community.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Travis Barnes was not looking back. When Barnes, now 28, graduated from Greensburg High School in 1998 he grabbed his diploma and left for Kansas State University. You could have filled a Greyhound bus with kids just like him who planned to leave the flat farmfields and withering economy behind.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Longtime banker Chuck Warner has been chosen as interim president and CEO of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
It doesn’t look like a parade will be part of Kansas University’s National Championship celebration.
Monday, April 7, 2008
It certainly wasn't your ordinary Monday in Downtown Lawrence. Beer, bounty and basketball were everywhere to be seen.
Monday, April 7, 2008
People looking to celebrate outside tonight as part of National Championship festivities should prepare to get wet — and not just with champagne.
Monday, April 7, 2008
The day just wouldn't be complete without a home-made Jayhawk driving up and down Mass. Street.
Monday, April 7, 2008
So what if the game doesn't start until 8:21 p.m. If you want to win a championship, it is all about preparation — and waiting in line.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Lavern Squier is leaving the organization.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Parts of Massachusetts Street were a mess following Sunday evening's basketball celebration, but city crews largely had the mess cleaned up by mid-morning today.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Running the city's public transportation system is going to cost more in 2009, and city leaders are in the process of determining how much. 6News reporter Chad Lawhorn has more.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Lawrence-Douglas County planning commissioners agreed to recommend a controversial annexation northwest of Lawrence — after deliberating into the early-morning hours today.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Plans are in the works for a major downtown outdoor concert in mid-May featuring the alternative country rock band WILCO.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A major downtown intersection will be without a traffic signal today and perhaps all weekend as fans flock downtown to watch NCAA tournament action.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Douglas County District Court judge has ordered that the City of Lawrence become the official owner of Memorial Park Cemetery as part of a settlement of a lingering lawsuit related to poor care of the property.
Monday, March 10, 2008
The stakes may soon get higher for Lawrence taxpayers when it comes to the city's efforts to buy the old Farmland Industries plant. 6News reporter Chad Lawhorn has more.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Legal proceedings have begun to ensure that club owner Dennis Steffes does not reopen any type of business at the location of the former downtown hip-hop club Last Call.
Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008
Lawrence Memorial Hospital will open its new emergency room - a major part of a 50 million dollar expansion - on March 6th. 6News reporter Chad Lawhorn has more on the updated E.R.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008
The director of the Watkins Community Historical Museum has been dismissed as part of a shake-up in the management of the struggling non-profit.
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Neither Douglas County Commissioner Bob Johnson nor Mayor Sue Hack violated the state’s conflict of interest law by working to keep a start-up pharmaceutical company in Lawrence, an investigator with the Kansas Attorney General’s office has found.
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
Lawrence street maintenance crews are expected to soon run out of road salt to treat city streets, which means that some streets will be in snow-packed conditions longer than normal.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
It's no secret that traveling across Lawrence, especially during rush hour, can be a tricky and time consuming process. Relief could be in store, but it comes with quite a price tag.
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008
Mayor Sue Hack said city commissioners agreed to give City Manager David Corliss a raise, but the second-year city manager declined to accept it.
Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
Downtown Lawrence bar owners are toasting the idea of expanded sidewalk dining, but not everyone is ready to raise their glass to the idea.
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008
Lawrence Mayor Sue Hack is turning to the state’s Governmental Ethics Commission for guidance on how to properly separate her family’s business interests from her duties as a city commissioner.
Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008
Just how anonymous are we? It's a question that online bloggers may be asking more frequently. A recent case involving the ljworld.com web site is sparking national criticism from first amendment advocates who say local law enforcement went too far in trying to find the identity of an online poster.
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals has nixed plans to expand at the East Hills Business Park following significant community outcry over how the city approved a package of economic development incentives for the start-up company.
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007
Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson is forwarding a new round of complaints about the controversial Deciphera Pharmaceuticals deal to the Kansas Attorney General’s office.
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007
A local citizens group is asking the Douglas County District Attorney to investigate County Commissioner Bob Johnson and Mayor Sue Hack for violation of the state’s conflict of interest laws.
Friday, Nov. 30, 2007
A ruling released this morning by the Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division found that Last Call’s management “fostered an environment” where “illegal drug activities frequently occur.”
Friday, Nov. 30, 2007
The Kansas Attorney General has found that the Lawrence City Commission violated the state’s open meetings law by holding a closed-door meeting to discuss granting economic development incentives to a start-up pharmaceuticals company.
Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
Parts of Clinton Lake are expected to attract upwards of 2,000 athletes to compete in an officially-sanctioned IronMan Triathlon event on June 15 that also will serve as the National Collegiate IronMan Championships.
Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007
It was the rarest of days in Memorial Stadium. The flags were limp, even the one high atop the construction crane that was supposed to be the season-long symbol of new heights the Kansas University football team would reach in the future.
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007
Investigators with the Morrison’s office said Hack didn’t properly fill out a state-mandated Statement of Substantial Interest form showing that she owned more than $5,000 in stock in the Lawrence-based company. But assistant attorney general Barry Disney said the violation was technical in nature and would not be prosecuted.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Developing from 6:35 p.m. city commission meeting. We'll see what the public has to tell commissioners about the Deciphera deal.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
City leaders announced today that the Census Bureau has added 505 people to the 2006 population estimate for Lawrence. The bureau also added 436 people to the Douglas County total.
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007
Regulators with the Federal Highway Administration began distributing a long-awaited report Tuesday that determines that a 32nd Street route for the trafficway is the only feasible and prudent alternative that would allow for completion of the bypass project.
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007
Journal-World reporter Chad Lawhorn offers live coverage of the Lawrence City Commission meeting.
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007
City commissioners today approved a legislative priority statement that includes a heavy focus on encouraging federal legislators to shore up a key federal fund that cities heavily rely upon to address infrastructure needs.
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007
Lawrence Memorial Hospital has halted plans to build a $5.7 million medical office building after the hospital failed to secure a lease for an anchor tenant.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007
The city planning staff has released a new report recommending approval of the project, but planners concede that the amount of money taxpayers may have to spend to make the project a reality is not yet known.
Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007
City Commissioners continue to shop for an answer to the question of whether Lawrence is adding new retail space too quickly or too slowly.
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007
Twenty years of planning - but nothing to show for it. Now, the South Lawrence Trafficway gets one more chance at compromise.
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007
An old gas plant and a soon-to-be subdivision fuels debate among some East Lawrence neighbors. Plans for a housing development on the site of an old natural gas plant has some concerned for the safety of their growing neighborhood.
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007
A group of students at Haskell Indian Nations University is trying to convince Lawrence city leaders that Monday's holiday should be about much more.
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007
City Manager David Corliss alerted city commissioners that city planners are recommending that Lawrence challenge the most recent Census population numbers, which showed the city’s population declined by a little less than 1 percent in 2006.
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007
Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal admitted Friday to sending an e-mail containing the picture of a naked woman and a racist joke to several individuals. He offered to resign his position as mayor, if that is what residents wish. “Oh my God, oh my God. You’ve got to be kidding me. Oh, Lord have mercy,” Vestal said this afternoon when a Journal-World reporter showed him a copy of the e-mail that was sent from his account.
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