Douglas County commissioners delayed action on a challenge grant program designed to expand technical training and pre-apprenticeship opportunities for students at the Dwayne Peaslee Technical Center. The initiative is called the “Youth Apprenticeship Challenge Grant,” and county staff ...

To salute veterans this week, Douglas County is joining counties across the nation by lighting up its historic courthouse in green. Through Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the row of green lights will be shining outside the courthouse at 11th and Massachusetts streets, and green lights will also ...

Taste of Lawrence returns Thursday, with a wider array of vendors and businesses attending the event than ever before. The Taste of Lawrence event has gone on for over 40 years, said Jared Martin, the director of events for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce which hosts the event, and its goal ...

State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...

Voter turnout in Tuesday's elections in Douglas County was nearly 25% — similar to the past few off-year elections — according to the unofficial data from the Douglas County Clerk's Office. With 100% of precincts reporting on Tuesday night, voter turnout was at 24.2% in the unofficial ...

Douglas County commissioners will consider an agreement for the county’s flexible housing pool program that includes a new partner in place of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center amid the organization’s staffing shortages. On Wednesday, county commissioners will review a proposed ...