After hearing some citizen concerns and some commissioner questions, Douglas County does not yet have a new policy spelling out how much money should be kept in rainy-day reserve accounts.
Instead, a split Douglas County commission on Wednesday decided to wait to tackle the issue again, perhaps with new information. But when that may happen was left unclear. Two of five commissioners sought for a review in ...
UPDATED 10:40 A.M. DEC. 4
Douglas County commissioners delayed action in awarding $1 million in funding to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center to support Treatment & Recovery Center operations in 2026.
The request was to support the TRC’s ongoing costs, including staffing, program operations and financial shortfalls from lower-than-expected revenue from Medicaid and other funding sources. And ...
The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is asking Douglas County commissioners for $1 million to help fund its Treatment & Recovery Center in 2026.
The funding request county commissioners will consider on Wednesday is to support TRC’s ongoing costs, including staffing, program operations, and the financial shortfalls that have resulted from lower-than-expected revenue from Medicaid and other ...
Story updated at 3:54 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1:
Lawrence is seeing its first significant snow of the season today, and although the heaviest snowfall may be over, there could be up to 5 total inches of accumulation by the time it stops later today.
As of about 2:30 p.m., Lawrence had received about 4 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service's Topeka office, and that could rise by another inch as ...
Just Food’s mobile pantry, which serves rural residents and others who can’t easily reach the main location, has been operating for six years and is now working to expand its reach in Eudora.
The program is called Cruising Cupboard, and Lawrence-based Just Food uses it to distribute food once a month to a couple locations in Lawrence as well as Baldwin City, Eudora and Lecompton. The program uses a “point ...
Douglas County’s addition to the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and construction of a new Public Safety Building are moving forward on schedule, and the parking headache near the JLEC is expected to improve in mid-2026.
The JLEC's 158,075-square-foot addition, which has eaten up parking spaces, will feature six new courtrooms with judges’ chambers, expanded office space for District Court staff, ...
