A string of worse and worse disruptions at Douglas County's court building — first flooding, then a fire, and now a stench of smoke and chemicals in the air — has now forced some employees to relocate and even postponed some court hearings. The air quality problem resulted from Tuesday's ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously voted to renew permits for several meteorological testing devices associated with potential wind energy developments in southwest Douglas County. The commission approved the four permit renewal requests from NextEra Energy Inc. on behalf ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider renewing temporary permits for several meteorological testing devices that are associated with potential wind energy developments. All of the renewal requests come from NextEra Energy Inc., on behalf of Tower Associates LLC, and according ...
A Lawrence high school student died after a shooting Friday night in Olathe, according to a news release from the Olathe Police Department. Brianna Higgins, a 15-year-old sophomore at Lawrence High School, was driven to Olathe Medical Center by an unknown person around 11 p.m. Friday. Police ...
For area eighth grade students entering high school next fall, the path to earning a diploma will require more credits than that of their older classmates. The Lawrence school board on Monday unanimously approved a new set of requirements that increases the total number of credits required to ...
When it comes to major economic initiatives proposed by Eudora city leaders, all roads lead to the forthcoming arrival of the multibillion dollar Panasonic battery plant in neighboring De Soto. But how wide those roads will be and how fast traffic will move, so to speak, still isn’t clear in ...