Douglas County’s pursuit of a study on law enforcement contact is unusual, a researcher told roughly 25 people who attended a presentation Thursday evening at Flory Meeting Hall at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Jack McDevitt, of Northeastern University, has conducted similar studies in cities in Vermont and Missouri, as well as in Seattle and Boston — where data was gathered on 2.4 million traffic stops. ...
Douglas County Commissioner Nancy Thellman said one hard part of being an elected official is sometimes having to make decisions that don't entirely align with public opinion. Expanding the local jail may be one of those decisions. As the Journal-World reported earlier this week, some vocal opponents to previous jail expansion plans amounting to $44 million have not changed their minds about scaled-down plans, ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday approved plans for an agritourism event venue to locate in the Willow Springs Township, to the chagrin of some of its future neighbors who came to the meeting. Kyle and Codi Wentzel filed plans with the county for a barn-style venue that will host weddings, family reunions and other such events, and will also serve as their residence at 1173 North 150 Road. With a ...
Plans for a wedding venue and agritourism site in rural Douglas County have drawn some concern from neighbors — namely, in regards to increased traffic and potential for issues involving gunfire. Kyle and Codi Wentzel filed plans with the county to construct a barn-style event venue for weddings, corporate events, family reunions and the like. The couple would also live on-site. The site, 1173 North 150 ...
A Lawrence teen has been selected to join the last class of youths entrusted to seek out and record the stories of the greatest generation. Bishop Seabury Academy sophomore Lyle Griggs, 15, was selected as one of eight students nationwide to serve as a student ambassador for the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. Over the next year, he’s expected to interview and record oral histories of five ...
After Douglas County staff trimmed a cost estimate for an expansion of the local jail by $21 million, the most outspoken opponents to the first plan have not changed their tune. Several local groups formed the Jail No coalition last March to oppose a May 2018 ballot question — Proposition 1 — that asked voters to approve a half-cent sales tax to fund behavioral health services and a $44 million expansion ...