Nearly 70 rural properties on Wednesday moved into compliance with Douglas County codes for the first time in decades.
The County Commission unanimously approved rezoning 67 properties located on Lone Star Lake’s western and southwestern banks from transitional agriculture, also known as Ag-2, to Lone Star Lake Lot Residential, also known as LS.
The rezoning was expected and formalizes the work the county ...
The girls basketball teams at both of Lawrence’s high schools are quarantining because of coronavirus cases among team members.
Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the school district, said the district was informed Monday that members of both Lawrence High School’s and Free State High School’s girls basketball teams tested positive for the virus. She said the two cases were unrelated.
After contact tracing, ...
Douglas County may soon make changes to its current budget to account for increased spending and revenue it did not originally plan for.
The County Commission on Wednesday will consider approving an amendment to the 2020 budget, which was originally crafted in the summer of 2019.
The year-end budget amendment is standard practice for the county, which waits until the end of the budget’s cycle to make the ...
The Lawrence school district now officially has its own coronavirus guidance, allowing for some of its gating criteria to carry more weight than others.
The school board on Monday finalized its version of the guidance by approving a method that uses the various pandemic-related gating criteria to make recommendations on how schools should operate.
Previously, the board had agreed to use the Kansas State ...
Thanks to federal aid, more than 1,000 Douglas County residents received housing support this year as the coronavirus pandemic caused many to lose income.
But with a new year coming and little new funding currently available, those residents may soon see that support disappear.
Leaders of organizations that oversee the Housing Stabilization Collaborative, a local housing and rent support program, said they ...
The Lawrence school district may soon finalize its version of coronavirus guidance, allowing for county incidence rates for the virus to be a top statistic driving its recommendation.
It would also allow for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade students to be able to attend classes in person at least part of the week, regardless of which tier of the color-coded guidance is recommended.
During its meeting on ...
