A $720,000 renovation to the health department — funded largely by federal pandemic money — is about to get underway and will cause a temporary relocation of clinic services, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic ...

The University of Kansas will use federal funds from the CARES Act stimulus package — allocated by Gov. Laura Kelly's SPARK Taskforce — to establish a child care assistance fund for employees facing unexpected costs due to their children's school being moved again to online or hybrid ...

While COVID-19 numbers showed some improvement, guidance for area school districts remains in the yellow zone, and an elementary school has halted in-person classes after Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department officials asked it to do so after multiple staff member cases. Eudora Elementary ...

Douglas County has reported 2,135 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 17 cases since Tuesday. In Douglas County, 1,630 out of the 2,135 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The number of active cases also dropped ...

Updated at 5:18 The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday revamped its practices for releasing the locations of active COVID-19 outbreaks across the state, narrowing the time frame required for active cases in an attempt to reduce confusion. The change, which came a week ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is now conducting unannounced checks at bars, restaurants and entertainment venues to determine whether they are following certain COVID-19-related safety practices and closing at the required times, the health department said. On Friday, Lawrence-Douglas ...