City staff members have been working to prepare for ice and snow that’ll soon hit and getting snowplows ready to roll. Unfortunately, the newly named snowplow — “Taylor Drift” — will have to do it with a broken heart.
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Resurfacing of North Second and Third streets in North Lawrence is now complete, the city announced Monday.
From more than 650 submissions received in the span of just a week, the City of Lawrence has chosen the winner of the 2024 snowplow naming contest: Taylor Drift.
The stretch of construction down Sixth Street in Lawrence is completed, the city announced Tuesday.
KU is looking for a lot of tax breaks to make the $759 million Gateway District project a reality, but the chancellor’s office anticipates billions of dollars coming back to Lawrence in the long term.
The City of Lawrence will conduct a nationwide search for the next chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical. In the meantime, Joe Hardy will be serving as acting chief.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Many of the people who previously lived behind the Amtrak station in East Lawrence did not anticipate that they’d have to leave the property where they recently moved within two months.
It’s on: The City of Lawrence is challenging residents to participate in a snowplow naming contest.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
The city has announced the seven members of the Community Budget Committee, a group that will meet behind closed doors over the next several months to help the Lawrence city manager come to budget decisions.
Lawrence’s first snow of the season is falling Saturday morning, expected to end around noon. Here’s a reminder of how to find out where city snow plows are when they’re in use and how to check conditions before you hit the roads.
