Local restaurants have stepped up for a second month to make sure Lawrence students will be able to receive meals while schools are closed for the coronavirus pandemic.
But this time the restaurants are participating in the meal service mostly through their goodwill — rather than for the additional benefit of earning a profit — because the program has decreased its reimbursement to the restaurants by nearly ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear how four district schools want to redesign their approaches to education in the next academic year.
Groups from Broken Arrow Elementary, Deerfield Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary and Free State High School will present the redesign plans for their respective schools during the board's regular meeting. The plans are part of the school district’s participation in ...
No Douglas County organizations failed health code inspections in April.
That is partly because only four organizations in the area were subjected to state inspections, as most of the operation is still suspended for the coronavirus pandemic.
Heather Lansdowne, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, previously told the Journal-World that the department suspended routine health code inspections ...
An activist group opposed to the expansion of the Douglas County Jail now has a study that supports the idea that the county should invest in long-term alternatives to incarceration programs rather than building more jail cells.
“All you’re doing is putting a Band-Aid on a problem that you can solve in so many other ways and make for better outcomes,” Danielle Rudes, the lead researcher for the study, ...
A rural landowner whose application to subdivide his property for residential development was denied by Douglas County staff received some help from the County Commission on Wednesday.
But before Anthony Fanello, the applicant, will be able to make his proposed plan a reality, the county will need to go through additional steps to allow it.
During its meeting Wednesday, the commission voted to defer taking ...
A rural landowner who saw his application to subdivide his property for residential development denied by Douglas County staff has appealed the decision to the County Commission.
On Wednesday, the commissioners will consider whether county staff was wrong to deny the application.
Anthony Fanello, the applicant, owns 28 acres of land on the corner of North 1800 Road and East 1200 Road intersection, which is ...
