Recounting his journey from Lansing Correctional Facility to mayor of Leavenworth, Jermaine Wilson's message to attendees of Saturday's Recovery Walk at South Park was to never allow your past to define you. "Learn from your past, but don't live in it," Wilson said, telling the Journal-World that his words of encouragement were well-received. "People told me the speech was very inspiring and gave them hope to ...
To help Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center acquire the land for its new supportive housing complex — and keep it on track to open in 2025 — Douglas County will give the agency more than $400,000 of its funding for 2024 a few months early. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted unanimously to release $427,000 of Bert Nash's multimillion-dollar funding allocation for 2024 so it can close on the ...
Douglas County commissioners will work on a trio of housing issues at their meeting on Wednesday, including a more than $400,000 request to jump-start a project for 24 units of housing devoted to people in need of behavioral health services. Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center has asked commissioners to approve $427,000 for the acquisition of property for a planned supportive housing project. The amount ...
A man was arrested Sunday after a vehicle that had been reported stolen crashed into a power pole in eastern Lawrence. Officers were dispatched about 12:30 a.m. Sunday to the 1300 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence Police Department spokesperson Laura McCabe told the Journal-World in an email. She said that a man told officers that he witnessed his truck speeding away eastbound on 13th Street. A short time ...
Five years after the shade structures at Free State High School's soccer field were removed, the Lawrence school board has set aside about $118,000 to install two new ones. In 2018, the structures were taken out while improvements were made to the field as part of the district's $5.2 million effort to update its athletic facilities at the two high schools. However, once the improvements to the field were done, ...
A suspect was arrested Friday after a pursuit that began on North Iowa Street and ran across the Kansas River bridge into North Lawrence, according to Lawrence police. Officers were dispatched at about 11:40 a.m. Friday to the 2300 block of Packer Road for a report of a man who had multiple warrants for his arrest, Lawrence police Sgt. Drew Fennelly told the Journal-World via email. He specifically said the man ...