Law enforcement agencies are planning to keep collecting data from traffic stops in Douglas County, and they also would like to gather more information about probable cause and where drivers come from, Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart said this past week.
The data collection stemmed from a study commissioned by the Douglas County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in 2019, which wrapped up earlier this ...
Just Food’s board of directors has selected a Lawrence native as the food bank’s new executive director, the nonprofit announced in a news release Friday morning.
Brett Hartford, scheduled to begin on Dec. 5, will return to the community after 10 years working for nonprofit City Relief in New York City.
Just Food has been searching for a permanent executive director since May, when its last director, ...
Just in time for Veterans Day, a Lawrence Eagle Scout candidate has freshened up the Veterans Plot near the entrance of Oak Hill Cemetery in East Lawrence.
Ben Roberts, a senior at Free State High School, completed the project with help from family and friends. The work included power washing and sealing the asphalt cross on the plot. Roberts also painted the white curbing that lines the asphalt and the gate at ...
Though Douglas County staff says there’s a sizable to-do list before the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County will be ready to open, the nonprofit responsible for managing the center told the Journal-World that it hopes to present a plan in early December for a partial opening.
At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, Douglas County Administrator Sarah Plinsky shared a list of 26 ...
The Douglas County Commission voted Wednesday to adopt the county’s next five-year Capital Improvement Plan, which includes a project that would extend Wakarusa Drive south of Lawrence and build a bridge over the Wakarusa River.
The project first surfaced as a combined effort between the city of Lawrence, the county and the Kansas Department of Transportation. The Lawrence City Commission pulled back from its ...
As the Douglas County Commission prepares to vote on its next five-year Capital Improvement Plan on Wednesday, local advocacy groups are voicing concerns about the potential environmental consequences of one of the road projects in the plan.
The Sustainability Action Network, the Lawrence Sunrise Movement and Lawrence Ecology Teams United in Sustainability are among the groups that have expressed their worries ...
