Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for June 28, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - 40% off All-Access to LJWorld.com If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscribers are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. [Subscribe Today]( [Property owner, fed up with illegal homeless camping, hires bulldozer to clear site of all trees]( A bulldozer was busy at work Thursday afternoon on an island of land in southeast Lawrence, but its purpose wasn’t exactly to create an island paradise. Rather, the property owner had become frustrated with the homeless camping that was ... [Property owner, fed up with illegal homeless camping, hires bulldozer to clear site of all trees]( By: Chad Lawhorn A bulldozer was busy at work Thursday afternoon on an island of land in southeast Lawrence, but its purpose wasn’t exactly to create an island paradise. Rather, the property owner had become frustrated with the homeless camping that was ... June 28, 2024 @ 12:40pm [From gambling revenues to private investors, college athletics 'will have to get turned on its head,' Girod says]( By: Chad Lawhorn In ordinary aspects of life, if you ever find yourself saying “FanDuel to the rescue,” check your faculties — although maybe check your wallet first. The online betting site isn’t usually the best of rescue plans. But the world of ... June 27, 2024 @ 4:16pm [City considering new downtown district where people could stroll the sidewalks with alcohol in hand]( By: Chad Lawhorn Soon, any night could be — legally — your own Martini Mosey on the sidewalks of Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. What’s more, with drink in hand, you could take that Stoli Stroll (we’re not going to run out of liquor or ... June 26, 2024 @ 5:01pm [Lawrence home sales up in May, while selling prices drop slightly; large downtown Mexican restaurant set to close]( By: Chad Lawhorn News and notes from around town: There’s a saying about having your cake and eating it too. (That dilemma has never kept me awake at night, although too much buttercream frosting occasionally does.) Regardless, I guess the saying applies to ... June 25, 2024 @ 3:11pm [Work underway on an Oread project that is part restaurant, part apartment; Missouri company submits low bid for SLT expansion]( By: Chad Lawhorn News and notes from around town: Call it the duck test, if you will. In the Oread neighborhood next to KU, if something looks like a big house — and all too often sounds like a big house — it is usually a big house. The neighborhood after ... June 24, 2024 @ 7:47pm [Panasonic says it will take two years to get to 4,000-employee mark; it expects about 90% to come from KC metro area]( By: Chad Lawhorn A surge is coming. Within a few weeks, electric lines leading into the $4 billion Panasonic electric vehicle battery factory in De Soto will be hot with up to 290 megawatts of electricity. The employment lines at the plant — just about 20 ... June 20, 2024 @ 3:48pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044