The Lawrence school board is set to consider architectural service contracts for two large capital projects totaling $1 million.
On Monday, board members will consider approving contracts for renovations at the former Centennial Elementary School building, 2145 Louisiana St., and the expansion of Langston Hughes Elementary, 1101 George Williams Way.
Altogether, the projects are anticipated to cost $1,040,206 ...
Traffic was being redirected at the intersection of East 1450 Road, or U.S. Highway 24-59, and North 1900 Road north of Lawrence on Wednesday afternoon as first responders attended to a two-vehicle accident.
McKenzi Ezell of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical said the accident occurred at 1898 East 1450 Road at 1:31 p.m. According to Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesman George Diepenbrock, one vehicle ...
Douglas County commissioners have told county staff to proceed with a plan for a scholarship fund to help low- to moderate income families afford child care.
This initiative was a strategy outlined in the Community Health Improvement Plan, or CHIP, a five-year roadmap to improve community health. The goal is to help more working families – or those who want to enter the workforce – access child care ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider awarding money to a plan for a child care scholarship fund on Wednesday to help more low- and moderate-income families afford child care.
The goal is to help more working families – or those who want to enter the workforce – access child care scholarships for children under age 6. The county commissioners have included $100,000 in the 2026 budget for what is now ...
The City of Eudora is currently undergoing the first phase of a more than $50 million project to build a new water treatment plant that will replace the current aging facility.
Earlier this year, the Eudora City Commission took the first step toward the development of a new water treatment plant, infrastructure improvements and building a new 300,000-gallon water tower. In doing so, the commissioners executed ...
As Halloween approaches, there are plenty of long-running local traditions and new events to get in the fall spirit this year, from haunted trails and theatrical ghost tours to fall festivals and pumpkin patches. Here's a look at some of the Halloween and fall-themed events happening across the area this month:
• Schaake’s Pumpkin Patch, 1791 North 1500 Road in Lawrence, is celebrating its 50th anniversary ...
