The Douglas County Commission approved security camera upgrades for the county jail, the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and other county facilities at an abbreviated meeting on Wednesday.
Commissioners didn’t have any business to take care of on their regular agenda at Wednesday’s ...
When Douglas County held its budget talks last year, Sheriff Jay Armbrister had a staffing crisis on his hands: His office was lagging far behind nearby departments in pay for deputies and corrections officers, and many were leaving for jobs elsewhere.
This year, he says, the sheriff's office ...
A host of social service agencies — and, for the first time, a local church — are asking Douglas County for funding in 2025 to build new transitional housing and strengthen the support systems for people struggling with homelessness and substance abuse.
The Douglas County Commission on ...
An attorney who abruptly left his job with the Douglas County District Attorney's Office last month has now registered a private practice in Lawrence as a defense attorney, according to the Kansas Supreme Court's attorney directory.
The directory this week updated its entry for Joshua Seiden, ...
The Douglas County Commission’s budget hearings opened with many questions regarding a proposed decrease in firefighter staff and the departments’ station expansion project.
County commissioners, at their first hearing for the 2025 budget on Monday morning, asked Lawrence-Douglas County ...
Douglas County’s budget hearings are starting next week, and County Administrator Sarah Plinsky along with her staff are proposing a $206 million budget and a plan to keep the property tax rate flat for 2025.
As the Journal-World reported, last year, commissioners adopted a $190.7 million ...