A federal civil rights investigation has been opened into the Lawrence school district after a parent filed a lawsuit claiming the district didn't properly investigate allegations of sexual harassment.
Douglas County resident James Killian filed the federal lawsuit earlier this year, alleging that the Lawrence school district violated the civil rights of his daughter while she was a student at Liberty Memorial ...
The Douglas County Commission chose to allocate nearly 71% of its funding from a pool of money designated for preventing, treating, and mitigating substance use disorders on Wednesday.
Last December, several county departments and community organizations submitted 12 eligible proposals focused on housing, prevention, treatment, recovery support, and public-health responses tied to substance use.
Currently, ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider how to allocate opioid-settlement and special alcohol tax funding on Wednesday – and whether to change the way those requests are handled in the future.
The county channels part of its opioid settlement funds to local programs through the Municipalities Fight Addiction Fund, which allocates 25% of the funds to participating cities and counties, with the remaining ...
The first two candidates have officially entered the race for the District 4 seat on the Douglas County Commission – one incumbent and one newcomer.
Commissioner Gene Dorsey, a Democrat and currently representing the District 4 seat, will be running for reelection in 2026. Dorsey is a retired financial controller and spent 35 years in the international oil and chemical industry. He was raised in Gardner and ...
After eliminating or consolidating eight administrative positions in just over a year, the Lawrence school district plans to continue “streamlining” its staff in 2026, but few details have been shared about which positions might be affected or how many.
The district has been making cuts and changes to positions over the last year or so to free up resources to increase staff pay. In December, Superintendent ...
Monarch Watch is contributing to a comprehensive study of the Monarch butterfly migration by tracking butterflies with tiny solar-powered radio tags, revealing new insights into their long journeys across North America.
Monarch Watch is a nonprofit education, conservation, and research organization founded in 1992 based at the University of Kansas. The organization focuses on the monarch butterfly, its ...
