An idle conversation during a board meeting for the Watkins Museum of History sparked an idea that could breathe new life into an old stadium.
Andrew Stockmann, the curator of exhibitions for the Watkins, said he overheard Justine Burton, one of the museum’s board members, talking about how Satchel Paige had once played baseball in Lawrence.
As Kansas City-native and amateur baseball historian, Stockmann ...
As De Soto envisions expanding the industrial park near the massive new Panasonic factory, a small nature park near the Douglas County border could literally be in the way of that growth.
The Sunflower Nature Park in De Soto — a 58-acre park about five miles outside of Eudora — sits just south of Edgerton Road and is adjacent to the site of the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. Brian Nowotny, the ...
Ahead of the first public engagement meeting for the design of Lawrence’s new fire station in the northwestern part of the city, project leaders plan to provide details about how the design attempts reduce the impact to the neighborhood.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will be hosting a public listening session about plans for the new fire station dubbed “Station 6” Monday night, as the Journal-World ...
Before the Kansas Legislature begins its work in 2026, Douglas County organizations will get to share their requests and concerns at local lawmakers' annual pre-session hearings on Jan. 8.
The hearings at the University of Kansas' Dole Institute of Politics will feature nine lawmakers whose districts lie partly or entirely in Douglas County: Democratic Sens. Marci Francisco and Patrick Schmidt; Republican Sens. ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Board voted to approve a tentative agreement for the health department to provide health services for residents at the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center.
The board voted unanimously earlier in the month to allow for the Lawrence Douglas-County Public Health to sign off on a deal that would provide physical health and nursing services to residents at the Juvenile ...
Nonprofits can struggle to raise money even at the best of times, according to Erick Vaughn, the executive director for Douglas County CASA. But federal budget cuts and economic uncertainty have stretched donors even more this year and made things even harder.
“We’re asking more and more often of individuals and sponsors and businesses,” Vaughn said.
Vaughn’s organization helps train volunteers called ...
