UPDATED 11:15 A.M. DEC. 4
After approving pay increases for other county employees, Douglas County commissioners will consider a more than 19% increase to the county administrator’s base salary — a raise of more than $41,000.
On Wednesday, commissioners will consider setting the new base salary for County Administrator Sarah Plinsky. Currently, Plinsky's base salary — the amount before taxes, benefits or ...
A former elementary school teacher and counselor with the Lawrence school district was named Kansas' top school counselor, earning a prestigious statewide award.
The Kansas School Counselor Association recently honored Erin Metsker with the Kansas School Counselor of the Year award. Metsker, a counselor with 14 years of experience in education, currently works at the Overbrook Attendance Center in the Santa Fe ...
Larry McElwain was on his way to attend a basketball game in January at Allen Fieldhouse, like he had many times before. This time, though, would be forever different. McElwain collapsed less than 100 yards from the front doors after suffering a heart attack.
Fortunately, two women and a nearby doctor quickly sprang into action, performing CPR until first responders arrived.
“My heart stopped,” McElwain ...
Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area has joined a national historic network that will help highlight and spread the stories of the Reconstruction Era, a period following the American Civil War.
The National Park Service in 2019 created the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network to connect sites across the country that provide education, interpretation and research related to the period after the ...
Patients with disabilities often face barriers to health care, including inadequate facilities and biased treatment. A research group is hoping to change that.
Disability challenges are said to be rooted in "medical ableism" — a form of discrimination against people with disabilities that can negatively impact patient care. The Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies, or IHDPS, at the University of ...
To further integrate mental health and substance abuse disorder treatments into its primary care services, Heartland Community Health Center will be receiving more than a million dollars in federal funding from an initiative aiming to improve behavioral health care nationwide.
Heartland will be receiving $1.1 million over the course of two years from the Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA. ...
