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KU coach Turner Gill gives glimpse of his style: building character, with no cussing

Members of the Leadership Lawrence class on Thursday got a peek inside the mind of new Kansas University football coach Turner Gill.

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Some downtown Lawrence merchants want 15-minute parking meters to facilitate ‘quick business’

If a group of Lawrence downtown merchants has its way, there soon may be a new twist to the parking meter system on Massachusetts Street.

Kansas cities’ lobbying and organizational group asks communities to commit funding for group’s 100th anniversary

Request comes at a time when cities are struggling to find enough tax dollars for their own needs

As cities across the state struggle with budgets and layoffs, the organization that represents city governments at the Kansas Statehouse is planning to spend $240,000 to commemorate the group’s 100th anniversary.

Topeka-based Discovery Furniture plans to open store in Lawrence

A major Topeka-based furniture retailer plans to open a large store in the former Food-4-Less building on South Iowa Street in Lawrence by this summer.

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Basketball tournament expected to attract about 100 teams to Lawrence this weekend

It is not just Kansas University basketball that can draw a crowd to Lawrence.

Lawrence issues more than 140 tickets for unshoveled sidewalks

City officials are following through on a previous warning that they would begin issuing tickets to property owners who do not clear snow from their public sidewalks.

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As part of state’s 150th birthday celebration, 150th anniversary of Civil War, Lawrence activist wants to invite Obama to speak in Lawrence

A Lawrence historian is organizing an effort to invite President Barack Obama to Lawrence in 2011 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood and the beginning of the U.S. Civil War.

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Lawrence making bid for Kansas’ Shrine Bowl

Area tourism leaders are rooting for a little bit of summer football on the Kansas University campus.

Lawrence to begin issuing tickets on Tuesday for unshoveled sidewalks

The first tickets issued under Lawrence’s stricter sidewalk snow shoveling ordinance may come as early as Tuesday morning.

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City of Lawrence now seeks to create two well-lighted paths between KU campus and downtown

A plan has emerged that would build two lighted and paved paths between KU and downtown, if the city can win some federal grant money.

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