Douglas County added another COVID-19 death over the weekend.
The death, a man between 65 and 74 years old, was reported by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Monday. It’s the county’s first COVID-19 death added to the toll since Feb. 4. That total is now 130 since March 2020.
After adding 165 new coronavirus cases Thursday and Friday, Douglas County added even fewer — 125 — over the weekend. The ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday said now is not the time to remove a countywide mask mandate, and on Friday they said it would be difficult to pinpoint when the time will be right.
All three county commissioners told the Journal-World that they couldn't point to any specific level of cases or other such statistics that they would need to see in order to drop the mask mandate. Instead, commissioners ...
Douglas County has added 248 new COVID-19 cases in the past two days, bringing the total number of cases since March of 2020 to 24,459, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.
The county has 3,256 active cases as of Wednesday afternoon. The number of inpatients hospitalized for COVID at LMH Health has dropped slightly from 22 as of Monday to 20 Wednesday.
The county’s daily case count, based on a ...
Douglas County's mask mandate in indoor public spaces will continue for at least three more weeks.
On Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to extend the order, which applies to everyone age 2 and older, through the end of the day on March 2. That's the date of the commission's first meeting of next month.
The county's indoor mask order was originally set to expire this week, but ...
A year after beginning operation, the Children’s Advocacy Center of Douglas County is more committed than ever to its mission of addressing child abuse as a community issue.
“At its core, the CAC is about teamwork and about putting the needs of the child victim first,” said Jennifer Hansen, who is the chair of the nonprofit’s board and a child abuse pediatrician at Children’s Mercy Hospital.
The ...
The Douglas County Commission at its meeting Wednesday is set to consider a new emergency health order requiring face masks at indoor events with more than 500 people in attendance, such as a concert, sporting event, trade show or convention.
Local health officers, with support from Douglas County Unified Command leaders, are recommending the new order specific to large crowds to help prevent the spread of ...
