Members of Free State High School’s debate program had their work cut out for them this weekend when they faced the juggernaut of Washburn Rural High School, Coach Kelly Thompson told the Journal-World on Monday.
Although they couldn’t best the defending three-time state champions from Topeka, the team did enough to qualify for a trip to the state tournament next month, he said.
“We had an incredibly ...
Providing state funding for a planned behavioral health crisis center is the top issue the Douglas County Commission wants lawmakers to consider when they return to Topeka next month.
In its recently approved Legislative Priority Statement for the 2020 session, the commission said its No. 1 priority is for the state government to help fund the construction of the crisis center planned as part of the Douglas ...
When Kelli and Justin Bates’ son Darby, a student at Pinckney Elementary School, was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2018, doctors could only help by providing a list of vitamins for the boy to take.
But Jessica Rohrberg, a physical therapist for the school district, immediately acted to help the family by researching the disease and useful therapies to provide Darby with in school, the Bateses wrote in ...
Douglas County will take over management of a human services facility next year with plans of keeping rent flat for the tenants of the building.
The county-owned facility, at 2518 Ridge Court, is currently managed by the United Way of Douglas County, which is also a tenant.
During its meeting Wednesday, the County Commission unanimously approved making the county government the manager of the building for ...
A planned expansion of the Douglas County Jail is expected to cost nearly $30 million, and construction could begin as early as March, county leaders learned Wednesday.
Representatives for Turner Construction, the construction manager for the project, told the Douglas County Commission during a work session on Wednesday that they expect the total cost for the expansion to be $29.6 million.
Later in the ...
Story updated at 8:12 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019:
Taking the stand at his own trial, defendant Tommy May said he did shoot two people at his apartment in July 2018 — but that one of those shootings was accidental and the other one was in self-defense.
Tuesday afternoon in Douglas County District Court, May said he accidentally shot his neighbor, Marzetta Yarbrough, in the face after she had tried to rob him ...
