Douglas County has entered the highest severity level of COVID-19 transmission, according to the latest coronavirus data from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.
As of Thursday afternoon, Douglas County’s average daily case count was 60.4, and the county had 1,074 active cases. The county’s cumulative case count since March of 2020 is now 26,689, and there are currently three people hospitalized with ...
Students at Lawrence High School are in the thick of preparations to put on their annual variety show, "Showtime," for the first time since 2019.
The last "Showtime" production was in April of 2019. Much like Free State High School's variety show, which made a return of its own in late March, "Showtime" is returning from a two-year hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Performances are set for Thursday ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health clinic at 200 Maine St. is closed until Monday after some of the clinic’s staff tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday.
The health department announced the closure early Wednesday afternoon in a social media post. The post notes that all of the clinic’s staff are vaccinated and follow strict safety protocols, but they are still at risk of exposure to COVID-19 ...
Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting was relatively brief, but county leaders did hear from a group of public commenters who urged them to consider taking more action to help protect renters from eviction.
Specifically, the group of four commenters all asked for new protections that would grant tenants facing eviction the right to an attorney, similar to the right to a court-appointed attorney in ...
Applications for a pair of grants focused on breaking the cycle of poverty in Douglas County are now open, the United Way of Douglas County announced recently.
The United Way is accepting proposals for its Family Stabilization and Anti-Poverty grants through May 18. Agencies can apply for both grant opportunities, which would fund projects for a grant period from July of 2022 to June of 2023. Anti-poverty ...
The information that public health officials rely on to gauge community transmission of the coronavirus is shifting, in part because of the increased prevalence of self-testing that goes unreported to local health departments.
Officials with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health told the Journal-World recently that the specific data points they monitor to understand the virus’ spread have changed during ...
