Earlier this month, Douglas County Sheriff Jay Armbrister got an all-too-familiar piece of bad news: Another one of his employees was leaving for a law enforcement job in Johnson County, where the tax bases and the wages are much bigger.
Since he took office in 2021, Armbrister has seen stiff competition on deputy and corrections officer pay from the Kansas City area — especially from the Johnson County ...
Douglas County commissioners soon will need to decide if accommodations for two additional commissioners in the courthouse's meeting chamber warrant more than $1 million in new construction costs.
Commissioners are still awaiting official cost estimates, but roughly $1.38 million has been allocated within the county's five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) budget for upgrades to the commission's meeting ...
A Douglas County jury on Thursday returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of a Lawrence man who was accused of trying to shoot his ex-girlfriend's new partner.
Steven Carl Drake, 48, was ordered in January to stand trial on a charge of attempted first-degree murder. He was accused of firing multiple rounds at a vehicle on Sept. 28, 2022, in the 3500 block of West 24th Street. As the Journal-World reported, ...
The large fire district that has served much of rural Douglas County for the past few years still doesn't have a dedicated fund for purchasing equipment, but that's going to change in the near future, county leaders heard on Wednesday.
As part of their 2024 budget proceedings, county commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to publish the budget proposal for Consolidated Fire District No. 1, which totals ...
Douglas County commissioners at their meeting on Wednesday will start the formal process to spend more property tax dollars in 2024 than they did in 2023.
At the meeting, commissioners are expected to set a hearing date to receive public comment on the county’s entire budget, as well as a hearing for public comment on the county’s decision to exceed the revenue-neutral rate — the tax rate that would ...
A Lawrence woman accused of killing a bicyclist in a car crash in 2021 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court as part of a plea agreement.
Kodi Rae Crane, 41, was originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Rachel Snow, as the Journal-World previously reported, and before the plea deal was reached, she had been scheduled to stand ...
