Water damage sustained last week at the Douglas County Courthouse has forced this week’s Douglas County Commission meeting to another location.
This week, the County Commission meeting will take place next door at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St. The first part of the meeting, a work session at 4 p.m., will take place in the Division 4 courtroom. The 5:30 p.m. business meeting will ...
Some Douglas County voters may have recently received a text message directing them to the incorrect polling place, and Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab is warning voters to be cautious of following their instructions.
The text messages appear to come from an organization called Voting Futures Trust, but others have been attributed to two more well-established national get out the vote ...
With blood shortages a much more frequent occurrence throughout the past year for LMH Health’s blood supplier, local blood drive coordinators are encouraged by the dedication of Lawrence’s donor pool — but they also say there’s room for growth.
On four occasions in the past year, the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City has announced a shortage in its supply of donated blood. The Community ...
A Douglas County leader says it’ll take more than just increasing capacity at the Lawrence Community Shelter to make a dent in homelessness in Lawrence, following recent calls from business owners and community members to boost capacity.
Last Tuesday, a group of prominent downtown business owners signed a letter to the city and county urging, in part, that the local governments take over operations at the ...
Theatre Lawrence on Wednesday announced that a successor has been chosen to replace longtime executive director and founder Mary Doveton.
Jamie Ulmer, who currently serves as the managing artistic director of Community Players in Beatrice, Nebraska, will assume the executive director role for the arts nonprofit on March 1, 2023. According to a press release from Theatre Lawrence, Ulmer will manage not just the ...
The Douglas County Courthouse sustained some water damage while a contractor was working on its sprinklers on Wednesday, and county staff is encouraging the public to view the County Commission's meeting on Wednesday via Zoom instead of in person.
County spokesperson Karrey Britt told the Journal-World that the damage occurred Wednesday morning while a contractor was working on the sprinkler system at the ...
