Douglas County commissioners will consider approving grant awards to organizations supporting natural and cultural heritage conservation projects.
The Natural and Cultural Grant Program provides community organizations and businesses with a competitive funding opportunity to carry out heritage conservation projects across Douglas County. Established in 2011, the program received $210,000 in funding from county ...
Douglas County received a $500,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation to add a high-friction surface treatment to rural roads.
The funds will cover high-friction surface treatment in two locations – the first is on a curve on Route 1055 and the other is on the "approach to a high concern intersection" on Route 1061, a county spokesperson told the Journal-World via email. The treatment will ...
Lawrence school board members approved continued services from a nonprofit supporting Kansas school leaders and helping ensure student success.
On Monday, school board members authorized to continue its membership with the Kansas Association of School Boards, or KASB. The membership provides a range of services including lobbying during the legislative session, updates on current education issues, professional ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday raised concerns about the City of Lawrence’s planned 2026 budget cuts to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical and the impact that those reductions would have on the county.
On April 1, Lawrence city commissioners — facing the need for $6.6 million in cuts — met to update plans for the 2026 budget, proposing staffing reductions, replenishing the city’s reserve ...
Reporters know how to interview, research and write — but these days, they also have to learn how to fight.
That's what lauded NBC News journalist Lester Holt told a ballroom full of newspeople on Thursday while accepting the 2025 William Allen White Foundation National Citation at the University of Kansas. Holt said that in a time of unprecedented attacks on the press, it's more important than ever for ...
A mother who says she was fed up with her son being bullied obtained a court order prohibiting the alleged bully from going anywhere near her son. Problem solved, she thought, until this question came into focus: How is the order to be enforced if both boys go to the same school?
The mother, whose name is not being used to protect the privacy of her son, has been concerned for her child's safety at Free State ...
