Douglas County commissioners are looking for ways to better evaluate the results of county-funded programs and improve reporting from community partners without creating unnecessary administrative work. During a work session on Wednesday, county staff presented many proposed changes to funding ...
The high school sports season is still young but Baldwin High already is in the middle of a high-stakes competition: The school is competing for $1 million of free money. The school’s athletic director, Dayton Valentine, entered the school into T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights ...
When the visitors from Hiratsuka, Japan, stopped by the Lawrence Public Library on Tuesday, there was someone special whom Karen Allen wanted to meet. Allen, who works in administration at the library, asked which one of them was Daisuke’s mom. It was Mieko Sasaki, who came up to her and, ...
A student-centered coffee shop will be opening at Community Connections at Pinckney next week. The coffee shop, known as “Empowering Brew,” will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Community Connections at Pinckney, 810 West Sixth St., with a tentative time of 10 a.m. ...
Douglas County staff are recommending revisions to funding agreements with community organizations, including changing payment and reporting requirements. The county uses two different types of agreements to outline its expectations and restrictions for distributing funding to community ...
Updated at 9:50 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 BROWNSVILLE, Texas — “Breaking Bad” actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte died Monday at age 34, authorities and his representatives said. Cameron County Justice of the Peace Cyndi Hinojosa told The Associated Press she declared Mitte dead ...