After a Wednesday meeting with a short agenda, Douglas County commissioners will reconvene Friday to tour two Johnson County facilities to examine options for reducing overcrowding in the Douglas County Jail.
Douglas County Administrator Craig Weinaug said two or more commissioners would be among county officials and Criminal Justice Coordinating Council members taking part in a Friday tour of the Johnson ...
Sandra Wolf was impressed by what she saw during an unveiling Sunday of the nine new window panels on the third floor of the Watkins Museum of History.
“It’s very well done,” she said during the open house of the information provided on the panels that cover nine large windows on the third floor’s southern exposure. “There’s a lot of information on Lawrence history.”
Wolf said she started with ...
Taxpayers could see nearly a 1-mill break next school year, according to Kathy Johnson, who presented the Lawrence school board an estimate of the district’s 2018-2019 mill levy on Monday.
The district's executive director of finances provided that budget estimate along with an update of the state’s new K-12 school finance formula and its consequence to Lawrence public schools. The Kansas Supreme Court ...
Overcrowding is giving inmates less time to take advantage of the already limited exercise opportunities at the Douglas County Jail, Undersheriff Gary Bunting says.
The number of inmates in all classifications of male maximum-, medium- and minimum-security continues to exceed cells available at the jail, Bunting said. That is true of women inmates, too, who are housed in a single classification pod. It’s the ...
Tristen Kapelle came to Saturday’s Douglas County 4-H Dog Show with one goal in mind.
“I’m here to win,” the 13-year-old Palmyra 4-H Club member said.
Two hours later, Tristen and his Australian blue heeler Tripp left the show with the best-in-show Mary Berg Award for showmanship. Kelly Kapelle, Tristen’s mother, said that was a pretty good result considering it was the first time Tristen and his ...
Flat is a word that defines the 2019 mill levies proposed for the cities of Baldwin City and Eudora.
Baldwin City Administrator Glenn Rodden and Eudora City Manager Barack Matite said proposed 2019 budgets will keep flat the mill levies of their respective cities of 44.498 mills in Baldwin City and 39.499 mills in Eudora. At those rates, the city’s share of taxes on a $175,000 home would be $895 in Baldwin ...
