The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has officially settled into the new Public Safety Building next to the county jail, providing an expansive space for staff. The department is occupying the main level of the new Public Safety Building – right next to the Douglas County Correctional Facility, 3601 E. 25th St. The floor has 25,565 square feet of space as well as a garage that will eventually house all of ...
The Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition used a new app and other safeguards to ensure this year’s point-in-time count accurately captured homelessness in Douglas County on a single night in January – and here’s how they did it. This year’s “point-in-time count” was conducted by the Kansas Statewide Homeless Coalition – a Lawrence-based nonprofit that coordinates homelessness efforts across ...
A new housing development will help transition families into long-term housing, and it will be welcoming its first families in mid-September. Dozens of people attended Tuesday afternoon’s ribbon cutting ceremony for the new transitional housing development known as Promise Heights. The apartments are near the corner of Tennessee and Ninth streets and will serve six families who had recently been ...
Douglas County commissioners unanimously voted to approve the 2027 budget on Wednesday, and a couple commissioners think it would have been possible to achieve a revenue-neutral rate. The 2027 budget includes approximately $199.6 million with a mill levy – or property tax rate – of 40.286 mills, a 0.383-mill reduction compared to last year, as the Journal-World reported. One mill is equal to $1 per $1,000 ...
Douglas County’s 2026 point-in-time count showed a 65-person increase in sheltered homelessness, but a city official cautions that the increase doesn't reflect growth in the county’s homeless population. The “point-in-time count” is an annual, one-night census that is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in order to track and measure sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. In ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting the 2027 budget on Wednesday, which includes a property tax rate decrease from last year. The proposed budget being considered on Wednesday follows two weeks of hearings from community partners and deliberations between county commissioners that took place in July. Next year’s budget includes approximately $199.6 million with a mill levy – or property tax ...