Douglas County commissioners approved a consultant to review the Treatment and Recovery Center’s finances and operations as they plan to weigh its future funding and role in the county’s crisis system. The county and the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will be working with Dr. ...
WASHINGTON — A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, opening the prospect of the House using one of its most powerful punishments ...
WASHINGTON — Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to ...
State legislators are considering a proposal to move city government and school board elections to even-numbered years – and a couple of Douglas County figures are saying that could add some new complications. The proposal in the Legislature is called House Bill 2452, and it would change the ...
While attempting to avoid a traffic stop, a man crashed into five parked cars and took off on foot before Lawrence police officers caught him early Wednesday morning. A patrol officer noticed a car run through a red light at a high rate of speed at 11th and Tennessee streets just after 1:30 ...
To make businesses easier to access during the Ninth Street stormwater project, the city is turning to a new type of parking – one right in the middle of the street. On Wednesday, striping crews were painting new angled parking in the middle of the 500 block of Ninth Street. City spokesman ...
