Commissioners directed both the county’s largest rural fire district and county staff to develop a proposal to address an urgent need in the district’s five-year capital plan – replacing a dozen trucks and vehicles in its fleet. During a work session on Wednesday, county commissioners ...

As the old Joni Mitchell song goes, “they paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.” But one project in downtown Lawrence aims to do the reverse and create an urban oasis with native plants. Pat McAdaragh, the chair and CEO of Midco, told the Journal-World via email that after the ...

The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation will host a Yiddish Poetry Night this month that will feature local poets reading the works of a celebrated poet and other original pieces based on his works. The synagogue announced in a press release Thursday the event will take place on Sunday, ...

Lawrence school board members will consider a step towards a boiler system replacement at Lawrence High School on Monday. The proposal comes from Lankford | Fendler and Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. in the amount of $26,750 to provide consulting engineering services for the new boilers ...

Judge Sally Pokorny warned the crowd at her retirement ceremony Friday that she was a "crier," and sure enough she shed a few tears almost immediately as she declared "I'm the luckiest woman in the world." That was the "bottom line of my entire life," she said: luck. Luck in having the ...

The Lecompton Historical Society will host a panel discussion Saturday about the history and legacy of a rural cemetery in Douglas County that was the first African-American cemetery in the county. The program, which will be at Lecompton’s Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., ...