Lawrence school board member Bob Byers has announced that he's running to keep his seat on the board.
Byers said in an email to the Journal-World that with his level of experience, knowledge and skills, he believes that he can move the district forward in its commitment to providing a quality education for the children in the community and to create more favorable conditions for teachers and staff.
“My ...
In a public-driven effort to help Haskell Indian Nations University since its federal layoffs, an art auction next month will raise funds to support cultural programs at the university.
The Haskell Cultural Preservation Art Auction is a first-time event that will be at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, in the regency ballroom of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 200 McDonald Drive. There is no charge to enter the ...
As part of the Trump administration's sweeping cuts, the federal government has canceled a lease at the U.S. Department of Agriculture service office in Lawrence and laid off all of the Natural Resources Conservation Service employees in a six-county region.
Both of these developments were mentioned in a letter that Douglas County commissioners were sending to representatives in Congress this week, asking them ...
Douglas County commissioners approved a site plan to help open up burials once again at a cemetery that hasn’t hosted a burial in over 100 years.
On Wednesday, county commissioners greenlit a site plan for improving the existing Franklin Cemetery, which was last used for burials in 1918. The property is maintained by the Knights of Columbus organization with the St. John’s Catholic Church, and the plans ...
Updated at 10:24 a.m. Wednesday, March 12
When health leaders in Lawrence unveiled their five-year community health plan last fall, they proposed giving low-income single mothers in Douglas County a helping hand — by providing a monthly stipend to use for whatever they needed, no strings attached.
It’s called a guaranteed income program, and more and more cities are starting to experiment with them across ...
To help very low-income residents maintain stable housing, Douglas County and two nonprofits hope to create a pool of funding to assist them with rent, utilities and other financial needs, a project that could take a step forward this week.
The program is called a "flexible housing pool," and it would be a collaborative effort between the county, the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority and Bert Nash ...
