Story updated at 5:51 p.m. Thursday: All Douglas County establishments that have liquor licenses will soon be required to stop serving alcohol after 9 p.m., according to an order from Douglas County's health officer, Dr. Thomas Marcellino. The order, which goes into effect Friday at 12:01 ...

A ninth Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the health department’s update about the virus on Thursday. Previously, Douglas County announced that eight people — three residents in their 70s and five residents in their 80s — had died from COVID-19 or with the ...

LAWRENCE — Cottonwood Incorporated in Lawrence helps about 75 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with jobs, assembling things like cargo straps for the federal government and medical kits. When the day is done, Cottonwood takes them back to their homes in the community. ...

The mass testing program instituted prior to reopening the University of Kansas campus for the fall semester has revealed 546 cases of COVID-19 so far — with 72 new cases coming to light this week — and the university isn't planning any more mass testing efforts on the same scale, KU ...

Douglas County has reported 1,473 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 53 cases since Tuesday. Of the 1,473 cases, 956 are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The county has averaged about 29 new cases per day over the ...

Story updated at 5:37 p.m. Wednesday: One week from Wednesday, the state of Kansas will begin releasing the locations of some active COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a news release from the governor's office. Gov. Laura Kelly's office said that last week, Kansas saw its largest increase in ...