Clinton State Park’s visitor center officially opened to the public Friday afternoon, with staff also offering a preview of the park’s next major project — a new and inclusive playground.
The new visitor center is 6,400 square feet, and it is four times larger than the previous park office building that is near the gate where motorists purchase their pass to enter the park. The visitor center is ...
Lawrence Community Shelter served 806 individuals in 2025 and was operating near full capacity as winter began, according to the organization’s annual report.
Many of the individuals served at LCS participated in multiple programs with 123 individuals in the 90-day program to transition them out of homelessness, 137 at The Village – a non-congregate emergency shelter providing private "Pallet" cabins for ...
Most residential and commercial properties in Douglas County will see their 2026 values rise between 1% and 8%, the county’s Appraiser’s Office said in a memo to commissioners.
"These value increases are typically due to year-over-year price increases, supply-demand imbalances, renovations or additions to existing structures, or changes in property use," the memo said. Change of value notices will be sent ...
Douglas County commissioners will hear about several pending Kansas legislative proposals that could reshape property taxes on Wednesday.
In addition to hearing more about what’s going on in the Kansas Legislature, county commissioners will be briefed on the county’s own property tax system and tax incentive programs during a work session. No action will be taken following the session, as it is for ...
Lawrence school board members at their meeting on Monday approved a construction bid for updates to the district’s middle school theaters.
The bid came from BHS Construction Inc. in the amount of $522,100 along with a 10% contingency not to exceed $52,210. The updates are a result of findings from a study of the performing arts centers in the district’s secondary schools, which identified many safety ...
In a lawsuit filed over the school district’s use of the monitoring software Gaggle, students are seeking a court ruling for the district to respond to open-records requests about the new ManagedMethods software.
The plaintiffs alleged that the Lawrence school district failed to timely and lawfully respond to Kansas Open Records Act requests from The Budget, Lawrence High School’s student newspaper, and ...
