City leaders will soon consider permanently allowing more types of businesses to sell alcohol as a secondary aspect of their overall sales.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting a code change that would permanently allow businesses other than restaurants in the downtown and other commercial areas to have an accessory bar. The commission adopted a temporary ...
The new group housing facility operated by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is ready to be fully occupied, completing a piece of the county’s behavioral health campus.
Transitions is a 12-bed supportive group housing facility located within the Treatment and Recovery Campus of Douglas County, 1000 W. Second St. The supportive group home received its residential care facility license this week, ...
Contrary to a recommendation from a city consultant that the Community Police Review Board stop its work drafting an ordinance to increase public oversight of complaints against police and begin a new process, the board plans to continue its work with some modifications.
A recently completed study of the Lawrence Police Department by Citygate Associates, which was commissioned by the city, recommended that the ...
Community volunteer and former public housing administrator Milton Scott has filed for election to the Lawrence City Commission.
Scott, who is originally from East St. Louis, Ill., moved to Lawrence in 1980 to attend the University of Kansas. Scott said he’s always been involved in different community organizations, going back to when he was involved in student government during his undergrad at KU, and now ...
After former and current staff at the Lawrence Community Shelter began bringing forward concerns about the homeless shelter’s environment and capacity, the shelter’s director informed its governing board that she desired to leave her position and requested close to $50,000 in severance.
The Journal-World recently obtained a copy of a letter from Renee Kuhl, the shelter’s executive director, to the ...
After operating largely online throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the Douglas County Commission is planning to return to in-person meetings but will retain a remote option for the public.
During the commission’s meeting Wednesday, County Administrator Sarah Plinsky told the commission that commissioners and staff would meet in person beginning next week, but the ability for the public and, at times, staff ...
