The Douglas County Commission will again hear how local criminal justice leaders are working to decrease the number of people they are booking into the county jail.
Criminal Justice Coordinator Mike Brouwer said in a memo to the commissioners that he is meeting with local criminal justice leaders on Tuesday and would update commissioners about those discussions during their meeting Wednesday.
In June, the ...
Douglas County voters hoping to cast a ballot in the upcoming primary elections from the convenience of their homes have one day left to request an advance mail ballot.
Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said the deadline to request an advance mail ballot is 5 p.m. Tuesday.
To vote by mail, a registered voter must fill out an application, which is listed on the county’s election website, ...
Story updated at 11:49 p.m. Monday
The Lawrence school year will begin about three weeks later than originally scheduled, with fully remote learning, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously approved pushing the start of the school year until after Labor Day and beginning it with at least six weeks of remote learning. The 2019-20 school year ended with a ...
Much like other industries nationwide, the Douglas County arts and culture community has been slammed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
But leaders of local nonprofit arts and culture organizations said that the most challenging part about the pandemic is the uncertainty.
“The problem is we don’t know how long we will be in this period,” said Steve Nowak, executive director of the Watkins Museum of ...
The Lawrence school district will soon decide whether it will push back the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
During its meeting on Monday, the Lawrence school board will hear an update from its task force that is working on how the school district will reopen schools and begin the new school year. As part of the discussion, the board is expected to consider ...
A group hoping to reignite a community conversation on the future of Robinson Park and a boulder located within it will soon be placing temporary signs there to highlight those efforts.
On Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission approved a request from representatives of the “Between the Rock and a Hard Place” project to place the signs in the park later this month. The temporary signs, which will be in ...
