A local group may soon place signs in Robinson Park to highlight how a boulder in the park is sacred to the Kanza tribe.
The Douglas County Commission during its regular meeting on Wednesday will consider the group’s request to place the temporary signs in the park. The request for new signage is part of the local project “Between the Rock and a Hard Place,” which aims to increase interest in the park and ...
Douglas County will soon receive nearly $25 million in federal COVID-19 relief, and the local chamber of commerce this week is hosting webinars to explain how businesses can apply for some of that funding.
Steve Kelly, the chamber of commerce’s vice president for economic development, said the events will also provide background information on the federal aid funding and answer questions businesses may have ...
The man who is second in charge of Douglas County’s Register of Deeds Office said he has plans for the department if he is elected its new leader.
Kent Brown, 34, who has served as deputy register of deeds since 2015, said he wants to become the next register of deeds to continue his work of bringing the office into the 21st century, he said.
“I have been doing this for a while,” Brown said. “I realize ...
Watching the Douglas County Commission in January vote to approve a plan to expand its jail as many residents voiced opposition to the project made Shannon Portillo realize she had to act.
Portillo, 35, a University of Kansas associate professor and administrator who has extensively studied criminal justice, said she chose to run for the County Commission so she can bring her background in that field to the ...
Ron Thacker wants to make sure rural communities of Douglas County have a voice on the County Commission.
Thacker, 52, lives in rural Douglas County in Lecompton Township. He said he noticed many of the candidates running for the County Commission this fall reside in Lawrence, which could make the county’s governing body city-focused.
“It’s all Douglas County, so I’m not trying to discount the people ...
During the 2016 election cycle, Karen Willey said she noticed the fractured nature of politics and realized she needed to do something to bring people together.
Willey, 44, who currently serves on the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission as a county appointee, said she chose to run for the Douglas County Commission this fall so she could try to bring local people together to overcome those ...
