Douglas County K-State Research and Extension reached hundreds of people in Douglas County this past year — providing nutrition education, youth activities, leadership training and more — and on Thursday it outlined its plans to have an even bigger impact in the future.
On Thursday, Extension invited the community to its annual Meet & Eat Open House, which gave updates on its programs and progress since ...
County leaders renewed a three-year permit on Wednesday for a device that measures meteorological conditions in southern Douglas County in connection with a proposed solar farm project.
During its meeting on Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission approved the renewal of the temporary business use permit for the solar measurement device. The permit is for an area "generally described as being northwest of the ...
It was a Friday night after cellist and composer Joshua Roman performed Prokofiev’s Symphony-Concerto — a piece he looked forward to playing again the following day — when everything changed.
He was positive for COVID-19, and while he expected to only be sick for a week, it wasn’t long until he realized his symptoms weren’t going away.
“I was having trouble speaking, thinking, standing and ...
Keith Meador and his wife were standing outside their McLouth home in December 2022, preparing to go out for the night, when they clearly heard the explosion.
“As soon as it happened, we both looked at each other and we said, ‘The tank battery just exploded,’” Meador said.
Sure enough, the group of oil tanks on a natural gas field less than a mile north of the town was throwing up a column of smoke ...
The architecture firms handling the expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, as well as the development of a new Public Safety Building, recently presented some ways to trim the project's budget, but those suggestions weren't universally embraced by county commissioners.
On Wednesday during a work session, commissioners heard a presentation from Treanor Architects and J.E. Dunn Construction ...
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has been authorized to end its current medical services contract for jail inmates due to its dissatisfaction with the provider.
At their meeting on Wednesday, county commissioners authorized the Sheriff’s Office to sign a contract with a new provider, Turn Key Health Clinics, for inmate medical services. The office wanted to end its contract with Advanced Correctional ...
