- Area’s retail development spurs construction of apartment complexes
- February 27, 2013
- Guy Tiner, a Wyandotte County residential developer, is preparing to build a 248-unit, gated apartment complex sometime in the next year — one of several apartment developments in the works in western Wyandotte County.
- Recreational opportunities abound in Wyandotte County
- February 27, 2013
- The water boils — and, in winter, little icebergs crash — at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers at Kaw Point Park.
- Improvements planned for highways, bus routes throughout county
- February 27, 2013
- Improving transportation for drivers and transit riders has been a priority for Wyandotte County over the last year. With a new bus route and work about to begin at Kansas Highway 7 and U.S. Interstate 70, transportation officials are hoping residents find it easier to get where they’re going.
- Shopping opportunities now include Sam’s Club
- February 27, 2013
- The fate of the Legend Outlets shopping area is still unknown in 2013, but 2012 was still a year of new stores and restaurants for the popular destination.
- KCKCC, Providence among those offering healthcare opportunities
- February 27, 2013
- Training and job opportunities in the healthcare field abound in and around Wyandotte County.
- Google Fiber attracting startups, creating nationwide buzz
- February 27, 2013
- If you want to know why Google Fiber is such a big deal, talk to Matthew Marcus.
- Cerner’s move will impact all facets of business in Legends/West Village
- February 27, 2013
- Cerner Corporation has already changed the skyline of western Wyandotte County with the first of the twin nine-story towers rushing toward completion on its State Avenue campus. But area business leaders say the project has the potential to make greater changes to the county’s landscape and economy.
- Casino revenues dip, but officials plan for growth
- February 27, 2013
- The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway may have gotten a slow start, but casino officials say they are right where they want to be.
- Business owners share how to take the plunge, stay afloat
- Building new business can be challenging
- July 25, 2012
- With a dream, a rented building and only $2,000 in savings, Tamara Hudson turned in her two-weeks notice at her job as a manager for Victoria’s Secret.
- Food: One of region’s last family dairies hopes retail will help bottom line
- July 18, 2012
- When his father and uncles ceased their milking operation on the family dairy farm in 1972, Tim Iwig embarked on his own one-boy fresh-milk enterprise. Then only 12 or 13, he kept several heifers, milked them daily and recruited customers. Even if no one was home, they could pull into the driveway, walk into the barn, leave their money in a pan and take their milk.
- Bottoms up: Housing prices on rebound
- July 17, 2012
- Darin and Joy Hall bought their four-bedroom Shawnee home for $173,000 eight years ago and invested another $40,000 in a new roof, granite countertops and other updates.
- Food: Keep an open mind to Kansas wines
- Festival to feature samplings from 14 of the state’s 23 vineyards
- June 13, 2012
- If you’re heading to the new wine-tasting event Saturday in De Soto, you won’t find wines that taste exactly like your favorite Napa Valley cabernet or Argentinian malbec. However, organizers say, that isn’t a bad thing.
- Douglas County district attorney reviewing complaints about home security company’s door-to-door tactics
- May 25, 2012
- Prosecutors have received information that solicitors said to be representing Devcon Security were claiming to be with a resident’s current security company to try to gain access inside people’s homes
- 10 jobs eliminated at Journal-World, weekly newspapers
- 05:00 p.m., January 12, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Ten jobs in the news and advertising departments are being eliminated at the Lawrence Journal-World and its sister news operations, managers told employees Thursday.
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