Two road projects launched this week involve road closures in Douglas County, according to a news release from the county. Both projects started on Monday. The first project is a bridge repair on North 1100 Road between East 1600 and East 1700 Road. The work is expected to take approximately ...
“You don’t have no (expletive) brains?” The voice explodes from the speaker. It's a man from a San Jose, California, area code, and he's leaving a voicemail for a school board member in Lawrence, Kansas, nearly 1,500 miles away. “You cannot do that to people,” the voice says. “You ...
At 75 years old, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is past the youthful stage of its existence, but don’t accuse it of failing to be new. The nonprofit organization is working on two of its larger projects in recent memory — one dedicated to providing urgent mental health care ...
Lots of people are involved in the conversations about development to the south of Lawrence, but Chehalis Jones thinks one very important group is being left out — the plants and animals living in the Wakarusa River corridor. Jones, a freshman at Haskell Indian Nations University, was one ...
Due to two large grass fires on Wednesday that are now under control, Douglas County leaders have declared an emergency, which will let them access state fire prevention resources during Thursday's windy conditions. During the County Commission’s meeting on Wednesday, commissioners signed a ...
To celebrate National County Government Month, Douglas County will host a community event to highlight services and programs and recognize the dedication of county employees. The family-friendly event is known as Discovery Day, and it will be held from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April ...