Are you newly eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine and wondering where to sign up? On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly made the COVID-19 vaccine available to all Kansans 16 and older. The Journal-World has compiled a list of vaccine distributors in Douglas County for those interested in signing up or getting on a waiting list. Perhaps the most visible vaccine distributor in Douglas County is the local health department, ...
One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the county health department, bringing the total number of COVID-19-related deaths in the county to 84. The new death was a woman in the 45-to-54 age range who had been hospitalized at the time of death, health department spokesperson George Diepenbrock said. According to the health department’s dashboard, there have been 39 deaths in the ...
A local nonprofit celebrating its 30th anniversary has admittedly “ambitious” goals for the next five years: Its leaders want to help 200 children a year by doubling the budget. Douglas County Court Appointed Special Advocates, or Douglas County CASA, as it is commonly called, is a nonprofit that trains volunteers to advocate for children who have experienced abuse and neglect who are under the protection ...
The University of Kansas certainly had March tournament success on one front this spring. Two KU students have been named the top debaters in the country based on their recent performance at the National Debate Tournament. And after advancing three teams to the elimination round of the tournament — only the second time KU has done so — the university had one team make it to the round of 16, one to the ...
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 35,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday. Altogether, data from the four distributors — LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center and Haskell Indian Health Center — showed that 35,101 first doses and 21,030 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been ...
Updated at 4 p.m. Friday TOPEKA – Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday that starting on Monday, Kansas will make the COVID-19 vaccine available to all Kansans 16 years older, as the state enters the final Phase 5 of the Vaccine Prioritization plan. “With the anticipated increase in supply from the federal government, we must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” Kelly said in a news release Friday. ...