Story updated at 1:44 p.m. Wednesday: The United Way of Douglas County and the United Way of Greater Topeka announced Wednesday that the two nonprofit organizations planned to merge. The resulting organization, the United Way of Kaw Valley, would serve four counties: Shawnee, Jackson, ...
When the Community Children’s Center’s Early Childhood Community Center is eventually complete, the agency’s executive director, Kim Polson, hopes it will be a key component in an “early-childhood safety net” for Douglas County. The Community Children’s Center — an agency ...
OLATHE — Republicans have spent more than three decades making it as hard as possible to get an abortion in Kansas, and now that their chance to ban the procedure is in sight, they're reluctant to tell voters whether that's their goal. In the first statewide abortion referendum since the ...
Douglas County is just a step away from adopting its $163 million budget plan for 2023, and leaders will be making their final decision at a hearing next month. At the commission’s weekly meeting on Wednesday, county commissioners took what might have been the second-to-last step in the ...
After some debate about increasing the fee beyond the proposed $1,000 per parking stall, city leaders adopted the proposed long-term regulations for a program that has temporarily allowed downtown businesses to construct patios and outdoor dining areas in downtown parking stalls. As part of ...
LMH Health has received a $10 million pledge — the largest in the hospital’s 101-year history — from Lawrence businessman and philanthropist Dana Anderson. The hospital may have a real estate downturn 60 years ago to thank for the gift, which is unrestricted and will allow the hospital ...