In the wake of their budget discussions earlier this year, Douglas County commissioners are considering making the Senior Resource Center a county organization, and county staff estimates it could result in a $232,000 increase to the nonprofit's annual budget for personnel. In the 2025 budget ...
Updated at 3:36 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 Following the general election, the Douglas County Election Office was unable to count 300 ballots from voters registered in other counties, a number higher than in previous elections. The Douglas County Election Office held a general election canvass on ...
NEW YORK — An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person died from the infection. Altogether, 39 people were infected and 15 were hospitalized in 18 states after eating organic whole and baby carrots sold by Grimmway Farms, the federal ...
The Civil War is said to have officially started at Fort Sumter in South Carolina in 1861, but Bleeding Kansas had been home to numerous antislavery battles well before that, including the Battle of Black Jack just outside of Baldwin City. Some historians say Black Jack may have been the ...
As they take a deep look at health and poverty in the community, Douglas County officials and community organizations are hoping to get residents engaged in the hard data behind some decidedly hard facts — for example, this fact: In Lawrence, nearly 80% of families living in poverty are ...
The Lawrence public school district is hosting one more forum for members of the public to speak directly with Interim Superintendent Jeanice Swift about the future of the district. The district’s final community conversation is scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at West ...