To salute veterans this week, Douglas County is joining counties across the nation by lighting up its historic courthouse in green. Through Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the row of green lights will be shining outside the courthouse at 11th and Massachusetts streets, and green lights will also greet visitors at the entrance on the Massachusetts Street side. It's all part of Operation Green Light for Veterans, a ...
In a Lawrence City Commission race that featured two former mayors, two new faces came away with the victory on Tuesday night — Mike Courtney and Kristine Polian. Courtney and Polian, neither of whom has served on the City Commission before, each won a four-year term as the top vote-getters in Tuesday's election. They beat out incumbent Bart Littlejohn, who was elected in 2021, and Bob Schumm, who had been on ...
Voter turnout in Tuesday's elections in Douglas County was nearly 25% — similar to the past few off-year elections — according to the unofficial data from the Douglas County Clerk's Office. With 100% of precincts reporting on Tuesday night, voter turnout was at 24.2% in the unofficial results. They showed 19,468 ballots cast out of 80,393 registered voters in the county. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew ...
Invasive species. Wild mushrooms. Plants that people might think of as weeds. It may seem “taboo or off-limits” at first to eat these things, said Amy Bousman of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, but guests might change their minds about them on Sunday when the department's Wild Foods Cook-Off comes to the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center. “It's a really fun, nonthreatening way to interact with ...
As Mateo Clavel Wills' sentencing neared in a sex crime case that involved two preschool-age girls, one of the girls told her mom she'd like to be there in court that day. She was afraid, but she also wanted talk to the judge about Wills. The young girl's request, which her mom passed on to Judge Sally Pokorny on Thursday, was for Wills to stay in prison for a long time: “I just wish he would stay in there ...
Renter protections, affordability and the city's $130 million public works campus were among the big topics that Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed at a forum on Thursday evening, just days before the election. The forum at the Douglas County Fairgrounds was less than a week out from election day, and it was hosted by the Sexual Trauma and Abuse CARE Center. All four of the candidates in the running ...