City Commission elections often are focused on topics like zoning, streets, sidewalks and economic development, but each commissioner, as an elected official, swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Kansas constitutions. With that in mind, the Journal-World asked each candidate about ...
Potential jurors who have been trying to contact Douglas County District Court about jury duty next week may have met some roadblocks Friday as communications systems at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center were down for much of the day. A trial is scheduled beginning Monday in Division ...
Breast cancer, right? You know, there’s not a day that goes by that I am not grateful that I had cancer. Now I appreciate every day in a way that I never did before. LMH Health Foundation Board President Gail Vick shared these words she heard from a friend during her own cancer journey. I ...
On a parcel of pasture not far from where the Santa Fe Trail once stretched, Baldwin City leaders are embarking on a big adventure. Area developers in this town of about 5,000 people in southern Douglas County have presented, and the city council has approved, a plan to convert this rolling ...
When you hear about a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, you might think of scuba divers being treated for decompression sickness, or “the bends.” But these chambers are used for much more. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment that increases the oxygen level in body tissues to promote healing. ...
When Benjamin Patterson stood at the grave of a 23-year-old World War II combat engineer from North Lawrence, he didn’t just see a name etched in white marble — he saw a life he had spent months uncovering. Since January, Patterson, a rising senior, and Sonja Czarnecki, a social studies ...