Updated at 10:38 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.
Democrat Ethan Spurling won against his incumbent opponent in the primary, and he will run unopposed in the election in November.
Spurling received 1,961 votes for the District 4 seat on the Douglas County Commission. District 4 includes a small portion of southeastern Lawrence, Eudora and Eudora Township and the small portion of Wakarusa Township located ...
Incumbent Patrick Kelly, a Democrat, won the primary race on Tuesday night, and he will run unopposed in November’s election.
Kelly's win on Tuesday means he would likely keep the District 1 seat and serve his third term following this year’s election. District 1 includes parts of northern, northwestern, and central Lawrence. Kelly has received 2,551 votes as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, and his opponent, ...
A conversation billed as reassessing Douglas County's homelessness plan initially sparked tension between attendees on Wednesday, with advocates and service providers saying the meeting gave the impression that the community's existing strategy was looking to be dismantled.
However, county and city commissioners at the panel said that wasn't the case, and by the end of the meeting, most of its attendees agreed ...
Fifty years after the O’Connell family donated its ranch to serve vulnerable youth, the O’Connell Children’s Shelter marked the milestone by celebrating the completion of a renovated home designed to expand crisis care for children.
The O’Connell Children’s Shelter actually celebrated two milestones on Tuesday: the completion of renovations at Elsie’s Place – the original homestead on the ranch ...
A new analysis written by a Douglas County commissioner argues that the city and county are not on track to meet the goal of reaching “functional zero” homelessness by 2028.
The review was put together by County Commissioner Erica Anderson alongside John Ims, a Lawrence resident and frequent public commenter at city and county meetings. The 25-page document evaluated the city and county’s five-year plan ...
The Lawrence school board is expected to approve a new policy in August to comply with a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools that's mandated by state law.
On Monday, school board members had their first reading of the district’s new policy for wireless electronic communication devices, such as cellphones, tablets, computers, smartwatches, wireless headphones or earbuds, along with other text ...
