The top executive at LMH Health is stepping back from involvement with the board of the local nonprofit in charge of the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County.
LMH Health President and CEO Russ Johnson told LMH Health board members as much during their monthly meeting Wednesday morning. Johnson had been acting as a proxy member of the Behavioral Health Partners board in place of Janette Kirkpatrick, ...
Douglas County leaders had a number of questions after getting their first look at the county’s next five-year Capital Improvement Plan on Wednesday, some of which were spurred by water damage at the Douglas County Courthouse earlier the same day.
At the beginning of a work session about the CIP, County Administrator Sarah Plinsky briefly addressed the water damage, which happened while a contractor was ...
Douglas County leaders will get their first look at the county’s next five-year Capital Improvement Plan during a work session this week.
Based on what the Douglas County Commission recommends Wednesday afternoon, county staff will bring back a finalized version of the plan to be formally adopted during the commission’s next meeting on Nov. 2.
County staff estimates that there will be nearly $19 million in ...
Mike and Sarah Randolph’s past 20 years living in their three-story home at 1643 Rhode Island St. have been rife with full-circle moments.
After all, they both grew up in Lawrence — Mike across town from their current home in the Barker neighborhood of eastern Lawrence, and Sarah in the home right across the backyard. The Randolphs’ home backs up to the home Sarah’s parents have lived in for more than ...
Local activists say the recent controversy over the Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County doesn’t square with what voters were expecting when they approved the sales tax to fund the multimillion-dollar facility nearly four years ago, and they say the lack of transparency has created anxiety.
The road to the controversy about the yet-to-open crisis center has been long and winding, and it started ...
Douglas County leaders say they think county staff had good reasons for keeping the tense conversations that have come to light recently about the county’s new behavioral health crisis center under wraps and that it was better for the public to be unaware of certain discussions until a plan was solidified.
All three elected officials on the Douglas County Commission told the Journal-World as much after the ...
