Douglas County is living on the edge these days. Last week, the health department announced the county’s overall rate of COVID-19 tests coming back positive was up to 9.7% over the last 14 days. If the county gets to a 10% average, new restrictions — especially for schools and sports — ...
In the wake of multiple large house parties over the weekend, Lawrence city leaders say they are interested in considering an ordinance that would make it a municipal offense to violate local health orders put in place to deter the spread of COVID-19. After a debate during the Lawrence City ...
The University of Kansas' total number of COVID-19 cases has risen to 841, the school announced Tuesday afternoon — an increase of 42 cases since Friday, when testing data was last released. Out of 779 total tests conducted between Sept. 7 and Sept. 13, 85 members of the KU community tested ...
Updated story - Sept. 16 — City leaders express interest in creating ordinance that would make disregarding health orders a municipal offense There’s seemingly no mechanism in place for quick enforcement of violations of local health orders, according to information provided to the ...
Courtside Cafe, the food court located inside the DeBruce Center at the University of Kansas, will close through Sept. 28 after a part-time employee of KU Dining tested positive for COVID-19, the Journal-World has learned. No patrons were in close enough contact with the worker to be ...
Story updated at 6:43 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14: TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday that Kansas' SPARK Taskforce, which is tasked with overseeing economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, will advocate later this week for spending "a fair chunk" of federal CARES Act dollars on expanding ...
Douglas County has reported 1,895 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 72 cases since Friday. The county has averaged about 24 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 24 new ...
Updated at 6:57 p.m. Monday Photos and videos of crowded house parties in Lawrence garnered attention this weekend, including from national media, as they showed large gatherings of people not wearing masks. But local law enforcement and public health leaders struggled to explain on Monday ...
We’re constantly bombarded with updates, news and information about COVID-19 and it can be hard to tell what information is true and what isn’t. With the mask mandate in effect, cases on the rise and KU students back in town, how much are we really protected by wearing a mask? Why is it so ...
After 20 years at its former location, the Lawrence Surgery Center will have a new home within LMH West, and with it some new high-tech equipment. Scott Thellman, a plastic surgeon with Lawrence Plastic Surgery, helped establish the Lawrence Surgery Center, and has also had a hand in ...
Private donors and foundations played a major role in funding the construction of the approximately $100 million LMH West facility in northwest Lawrence. Approximately 30 donors provided $5 million to the new state-of-the-art health care facility that features everything from an outpatient ...
The new Women’s Center at LMH West was designed with convenience, time and care for patients in mind. One major goal was to provide a center for patients that could handle most of the care they needed all under one roof, with several services just a short walk away from one another. Megan ...
LMH Health is excited about the opening of our West Campus, a facility that will dramatically enhance our organization’s overall capacity to care for the health needs of families across the region for many years in the future. The LMH Health West Campus is a regional destination for ...
It is not every day that Lawrence lands a $100 million project. LMH West, a new outpatient health care building in northwest Lawrence, is that type of project, though. The $101 million center checks in at 240,000 square feet in space and occupies a high-profile location along the South ...
Whether you’re a future patient of LMH West or a community member interested in the new facility, the Journal-World put together a list of six details about the new building that patients and community members alike should know: 1. There are no emergency services LMH West is an outpatient ...
From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities across Kansas have been tasked with a difficult "balancing act" of trying to resume some semblance of normal educational activities while at the same time weighing significant public health concerns, the state's top health ...
There are new athletic facilities coming to the Rock Chalk Park area in northwest Lawrence, but they might not be where you would think. They are inside Rock Chalk’s new neighbor, the outpatient medical building at the LMH West Campus, which is just southwest of the University of Kansas’ ...
Lisa Grossman had a mantra of solace as she worked on her latest painting. That’s because she knew the piece would be going up in LMH West. “It’s such an honor to have work in hospitals and care facilities,” the Lawrence-based artist said. “It’s kind of a luxury to know where a ...
WICHITA, Kansas — Universities don’t just sell the chance at an education. The whole college experience has been a key tool for keeping students around. Wichita State University budgeted more than $1 million dollars on ways for students to have fun on campus last year. But face masks and ...
A tenth Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the health department’s update about the virus on Friday. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that nine people — three residents between the ages of 65 and 74, one resident between the ages of 75 ...