A multimillion-dollar expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center in downtown Lawrence hit a major milestone on Wednesday — the installation of the final beam in the building’s new addition.
Construction workers celebrated the beam’s placement at the job site near 11th and New Hampshire streets, but county officials also were celebrating the bigger picture on Wednesday: The expanded judicial ...
As Douglas County leaders are hearing more about protections for tenants — including an upcoming discussion about tenants' right to counsel programs — a group of local housing advocates have already started making their case.
On Wednesday, half a dozen members of the group Lawrence Tenants spoke at the Douglas County Commission's meeting, urging the commissioners to implement a tenants' right to counsel ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will hear an update on how local advocates and agencies are helping renters who face eviction.
The commission will hear from several organizations working on eviction prevention and diversion initiatives, including the Douglas County District Court Self-Help Center, Kansas Holistic Defenders and Kansas Legal Services. All of these agencies have helped provide tenants ...
The final 2025 point-in-time homeless count said Lawrence and Douglas County has reduced its unsheltered homelessness by 63% in just one year.
“While Lawrence’s unsheltered count is smaller than in large metro areas, the scale of change is extraordinary,” Misty Bosch-Hastings, director of the city’s homeless solutions division, said in a release. “Between January 2024 and January 2025, nearly 100 ...
As it faces new restrictions on grants and grapples with changes to federal programs, the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence is facing a $750,000 shortfall this year, and it's urging donors and the community to help fill the gap.
The Lawrence club is a major provider of after-school programs that serves more than 1,300 students each year. But problems started to appear this spring, when the organization announced ...
After construction delays caused it to miss its goal of opening in June, the nonprofit Community Children's Center's new child care project is now expected to open in September to provide more capacity for families in Douglas County.
The CCC's Early Childhood Community Center, 346 Maine St., has been in the works for years now. When the Journal-World talked with executive director Kim Polson in March, she said ...
