Updated at 5:03 p.m. Friday Douglas County is expected to get a public defender office to provide counsel for indigent felony cases in the near future. Heather Cessna, executive director for the Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services, also known as BIDS, told the Journal-World ...
As COVID-19 cases rise and the beginning of the school year approaches, Douglas County leaders are expressing interest in potential mask requirements for children who are not yet eligible for vaccination. During its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission discussed the current levels ...
Douglas County leaders have indicated support for newly proposed regulations that would prohibit new neighborhoods in rural areas near the City of Lawrence until that land is ready to be added to the city. The Douglas County Commission discussed the proposed subdivision regulations as part of ...
At a public hearing Sunday, more than a dozen people called for the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services to open a public defender office in Douglas County as a way to help address inequity in the county legal system. In remarks before the hearing at the Lawrence Arts Center, Heather ...
County leaders have approved the budget for a jail maintenance project that is about $1.5 million more than initially planned. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to approve a total project budget of $5.6 million and the guaranteed maximum price ...
County leaders will soon consider approving an agreement for a "housing first" pilot program that would seek to quickly place people experiencing homelessness in their own housing while also providing them “wrap-around” support services. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas ...