I’m not sure what I thought would outrank a Dollar General — maybe a Dollar Emperor or Darth Dollar, perhaps — but I could have guessed all day and not come up with the answer of Popshelf. But it sure appears that young retail chain aims to be an upscale version of Dollar General. It ...

The discount clothing retailer Burlington indeed is coming to Lawrence and will locate in the former Bed Bath & Beyond location on south Iowa Street. The company has listed on its website Nov. 10 as an opening date for the new store. The company didn’t release the location as part of ...

With flames shooting out of its sides, it didn’t take Bruce Barlow long to surmise his longtime BKB Leather repair shop was going to be a complete loss. It took him only a few seconds longer to determine that he was going to rebuild the nearly 40-year-old business that has gained a ...

Ever since Panasonic announced it was building a $4 billion, 4,000-job battery plant in nearby De Soto, people have been questioning who will fill all those jobs. Now, maybe there is another question to ask about those jobs: Do they come with a battery charger? It appears many of the jobs ...

First comes the game plan. Then comes the sprint. That appears to be how the formula is shaping up for a major renovation at KU’s football stadium. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod told me in a brief interview that new details about KU’s proposed $300 million-plus renovation ...

With half the year now in the books, Lawrence’s housing market is a bit like the stubborn bathroom scale. You eat less, you exercise more, you no longer start the day with Fruit Loops (even though I thought my doctor loved all types of fruit.) Yet, the scale won’t budge downward. So it ...