At a surprise ceremony on Friday, the Lawrence Schools Foundation recognized Gina Carter for her excellence in teaching — an honor that came with a $10,000 check. On the final day of the school year, students and staff at Woodlawn Elementary School packed the gymnasium for an end-of-year assembly. The event turned into a celebration for Carter, who was given the 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award, commonly ...
Douglas County has launched a new resource to help people find incentives to make their properties more energy-efficient — but it's warning that some of these incentives might not last long because of federal cuts. A new energy hub website created by Douglas County’s Sustainability team says that if people are considering upgrades to their home or building — whether it’s through making a building more ...
Story updated at 8:41 p.m. Wednesday, May 21: Facing the possibility of a multimillion-dollar operating loss for 2025, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center announced Wednesday that it will be eliminating about 6% to 8% of positions across its workforce and implementing “temporary” salary reductions for employees. The news was announced in an email from Bert Nash on Wednesday, in which the nonprofit ...
Douglas County commissioners have issued a nearly $55 million bond sale to support the renovations to the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the construction of a new Public Safety Building. The $55 million in bonds — a method of borrowing money — will be used along with $25 million from the county's cash reserves to fund the projects, which county officials have said will not result in a tax increase ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider issuing a roughly $55 million bond sale for renovations to the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the construction of a new Public Safety Building. Bonds provide long-term infrastructure funding by borrowing from investors and repaying them over time with interest. As the Journal-World reported, county staff delayed this bond sale – which was ...
Longtime volunteer firefighter David Wulfkuhle was serving as incident commander when one of the largest grass fires in the county’s history erupted — threatening a house and its pets — and he says one person made a big difference. “The fire was actually going over the top of the roof of the house,” Wulfkuhle said of the March 14 blaze. “We made the decision, if we didn't feel that it we were going ...