Now that the K-12 academic year has ended, students in Douglas County will soon receive their final grades, if they haven't already.
But this year, students faced a new challenge as their final quarter was disrupted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As learning methods changed, school districts also changed the way they assigned grades.
Area school districts took different approaches to grading — some ...
Negotiations between the Lawrence school district and its teachers wrapped earlier than usual this year, as the two sides came to a tentative agreement this week for the upcoming school year.
Representatives for the school district and the Lawrence Education Association, the local teachers union, both told the Journal-World on Wednesday that the discussions on a teacher contract for the 2020-21 school year were ...
The Douglas County Commission will soon begin discussions to further explore the viability of its plan to expand its jail.
During their meeting on Wednesday, the commissioners came to a consensus to have further discussions on the controversial project, noting they believe the circumstances around the planned $29.6 million expansion have changed in the last couple of months during the coronavirus pandemic. ...
If the economic downturn associated with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic affects Douglas County’s tax revenues, it has cash on hand to help it get through the current budget year.
But how a decrease in those revenues may affect the county’s budget in the years to come is not yet known.
County Administrator Sarah Plinsky recently told the County Commission that its general fund budget includes a portion ...
Story updated at 1:29 p.m. Thursday
With just a few days left before the election filing deadline, only one of the two Douglas County Commissioners who are up for reelection have officially stepped up to retain their seats.
On Thursday, Commissioner Nancy Thellman filed to run for reelection, while Commissioner Michelle Derusseau had yet to make her intentions clear, according to the Douglas County Clerk’s ...
Since May 28, 2019, rural Douglas County residents have cleaned up debris, rebuilt destroyed structures and worked to reopen businesses that were shuttered after an EF-4 tornado ripped through the area.
As Thursday marks the twister's one-year anniversary, area residents are still recovering from the disaster, which injured more than a dozen people, destroyed 13 homes and damaged at least another 70 for a total ...
