When Cale Moore was months away from becoming a parent in the summer of 2024, he and his wife found the Boot Camp for New Dads at LMH Health, a Saturday workshop offered in partnership with the nonprofit Dads of Douglas County. “I always have felt like I’ve wanted to be an involved dad ...

Update: The Lawrence Police Department updated its Facebook post about a missing woman to say she had been found safe. The original story is below. ---- The Lawrence Police Department called on residents to be on the lookout for a missing woman on Saturday night. According to a post on ...

Clinton Lake is under a "watch" for blue-green algae, according to a news release Friday from state agencies. KDHE and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks routinely issue public health advisories due to blue-green algae, especially during the water recreation season, which officially ...

What if saving a life was as easy and fun as spending an hour with a friend? For Laurie Ziegler and Linda Kucza, that’s exactly what blood donation has become — a life-saving tradition wrapped in laughter, friendship and a little friendly competition. How it started Ziegler, a reading and ...

As banks, investors and others prepared to come together last week to purchase nearly $55 million in bonds from Douglas County — essentially lending the county government money — they likely did a little reading on the county’s finances. The credit rating agency Moody’s had put out a ...

Sometimes it only takes hope and a vision. When Dr. Gordy Klatt began his first lap around a track in Tacoma, Washington in May 1985 to raise money to help the American Cancer Society save lives, he began Relay For Life, a global movement. Forty years later, Relay For Life has grown to become ...