Douglas County's new behavioral health treatment center has served nearly 800 people since its opening in April, and patients have been staying about two days on average, according to statistics that county leaders will discuss in more detail on Wednesday. At a work session before the Douglas ...
Two former Douglas County prosecutors were honored on Thursday in Lawrence with prestigious statewide awards. The Kansas County and District Attorneys Association, the professional organization for prosecutors in the state, handed out the awards at its annual fall conference at the DoubleTree ...
Updated at 10:40 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 To safeguard its undeveloped lands, Douglas County has several options — from creating a new department to establishing a grant program — but county leaders want the right facts first about whether they'd have to raise taxes to pay for it. At its ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will receive an update on the county’s Open Space Plan, including a list of recommendations that could lead to a property or sales tax increase. Revenue generated from a tax increase could be used to support various program models, including a new ...
After a marathon meeting on Monday night, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission ultimately decided it needed more time before making a final decision about the revised regulations for wind energy projects in rural areas of Douglas County. As the Journal-World has reported, the ...
At Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting, members of the public filled not just every seat in the City Commission meeting room but the whole first floor lobby of Lawrence City Hall. Those dozens of community members were all there to listen in as the Planning ...