UPDATED 7:49 P.M.TUESDAY With a hand recount of votes finished, Democratic candidate Shannon Reid has won the primary for the Douglas County Commission’s 2nd District seat by just three votes. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said in an email to the Journal-World the recount was finished ...
The Douglas County Commission will again consider allowing a rock quarry near Eudora to expand its operations. But it now has more comments from the Eudora Planning Commission to consider. During its meeting on Wednesday, the commission will consider amending a conditional use permit for Hamm ...
Story updated at 3:10 p.m. Monday Democratic candidate Shannon Reid came from behind to win the party’s primary election for the Douglas County Commission’s 2nd District seat on Monday. Reid finished with just five more votes than incumbent candidate Nancy Thellman, who was running to ...
Almost two weeks after polls closed, a primary election for the Douglas County Commission’s 2nd District seat could finally come to an end on Monday. The Democratic race between incumbent Commissioner Nancy Thellman and challenger Shannon Reid has been close ever since the Douglas County ...
The Douglas County Commission on Friday finalized a plan for nearly $25 million of coronavirus relief funding and will soon submit it to the state for review. The commission met during a special meeting to put the final touches on its allotment of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic ...
The University of Kansas on Friday announced it was forming a task force dedicated to reviewing and recommending changes to the public safety policies of its on-campus police force. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said the 25-person task force, which will be chaired by KU Distinguished Professor ...
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday revised its nearly $25 million coronavirus relief funding plan to include more aid for local businesses. During a work session on the county's funding plan for its allotment of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act money, county ...
The Douglas County Commission approved two separate 2021 budget plans on Wednesday, both of which aim to keep tax rates flat, but additional spending changes could be coming to the county’s budget in the future. After holding public hearings, the commissioners unanimously approved the 2021 ...
Projects of all shapes and sizes are vying for their share of nearly $25 million in federal pandemic funding that has been allocated to Douglas County. There’s a nearly half-million-dollar campground for homeless people (recommended for funding) and about $270,000 for tents for outdoor ...
Lawrence’s hospital is slated to receive $2.7 million for mass community testing efforts related to COVID-19. On Tuesday, LMH Health President and CEO Russ Johnson explained where that funding will go, noting that it will expand the county's ability to test asymptomatic individuals. The ...
The Douglas County Commission could authorize three separate spending plans during its meeting on Wednesday. The County Commission will continue discussions on how to spend $24.9 million of federal coronavirus relief funding and consider approval of the county's 2021 budget, which contains a ...
Figuring out how to distribute nearly $25 million of unexpected federal funding related to the pandemic can be a bit like standing in front of a massively stocked buffet (remember those?) but having only one plate to fill: It takes a lot of planning, and it can get messy. Douglas County ...
Updated at 3:40 p.m. Friday The race for the Douglas County Commission 2nd District has reached an unofficial end with incumbent Nancy Thellman holding on to her seat by just a few votes. In the final tally released Friday, Thellman finished with just six more votes than Democratic challenger ...
Covering health and medical expenses caused by the coronavirus pandemic accounts for a large portion of a proposed spending plan for Douglas County's nearly $25 million of federal aid. Almost half of the $24.9 million of funding from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...
The Douglas County Commission got its first look at how it could spend nearly $25 million of federal coronavirus aid, including $2.7 million for virus testing in the community, and county leaders are scheduling an extra meeting to give themselves more time to discuss the plan. County ...
One of the closest local primary elections of the year, the 2nd District County Commission race, got even closer on Wednesday after the Douglas County Clerk’s Office counted more advance mail ballots. Incumbent Democratic County Commissioner Nancy Thellman, who is running for a fourth term ...
Two candidates who strongly opposed Douglas County’s plan to expand its jail appear set to face off in a general election this fall. Pam McDermott and Shannon Portillo Tuesday night held strong leads in the primary elections in the Republican and Democratic races, respectively, for the ...
The race for the Douglas County Commission’s 2nd District seat looked like it would come down to the wire, possibly days after polls closed Tuesday. Incumbent candidate Nancy Thellman held a slight lead over two Democratic challengers — Shannon Reid and Sara Taliaferro — to retain her ...
Douglas County's deputy register of deeds held a slight lead to take over the office's top position. Kent Brown, 34, was leading Kim Murphree, 61, in the Democratic primary to fill the Douglas County Register of Deeds seat. In the unofficial final results, Brown had received about 51% of the ...
Douglas County’s deputy treasurer appears to have won the election to become the office’s next leader. Adam Rains, 32, who has served as the deputy treasurer for about five years, held a hefty lead over Timothy Morland, 44, a registration and tax clerk, for the Democratic primary election ...