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Douglas County’s Unified Command team, which was formed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, has met for the final time before demobilizing, the county announced Thursday.
In a social media post, the county noted that though Unified Command’s structure is demobilizing, COVID response and recovery efforts are set to continue in the community.
County spokesperson Karrey ...
If your eyes scan the living room in Rick and Charlotte Prosser’s Lawrence home, they’re liable to settle on quite a few pieces of Rick’s art.
In fact, his art is displayed not just in that room but throughout the home, from frames lining the stairwell to the basement to embroidered stools with floral patterns positioned around the main level. But one piece draws the eye right away: a large color wheel ...
A fourth candidate has filed to run for the Douglas County Commission’s 1st District seat this year, the race’s first Libertarian candidate.
Steve Jacob, who told the Journal-World he has been a Lawrence resident for all but one year since 1983, has filed to run as a Libertarian after winning the nomination at Libertarian Party of Kansas' annual convention. On Jacob’s campaign Facebook page, he notes he ...
A Liberty Memorial Central Middle School student this week represented Lawrence — and the state of Kansas — at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
Eli Cokelet, 13, qualified for the national bee after winning the 2022 Douglas County Spelling Bee in February and outspelling 86 other kids from around the state a month later at the Kansas Press Association’s Sunflower State Spelling ...
Douglas County leaders authorized extending an industrial development incentive program for another three years at Wednesday's County Commission meeting.
With Commissioner Shannon Reid absent, fellow commissioners Shannon Portillo and Patrick Kelly voted to extend the Catalyst Incentive Program until April 1, 2025. The program was first adopted by the City of Lawrence in April 2017 and has since provided an ...
Douglas County leaders are set to consider extending an industrial development incentive program for another three years.
The Douglas County Commission at its Wednesday meeting will consider authorizing an extension for the Catalyst Incentive Program, which would last until April 1, 2025. The program was first adopted by the City of Lawrence in April of 2017 and has since provided a special assistance package ...
