Douglas County commissioners adopted a budget for a program providing peer support services on Wednesday. Launched in 2019, the Peer Fellows program employs people with lived experience of mental health challenges, substance use disorders and homelessness to help others navigate similar ...
Douglas County Zoning and Codes will be hosting a community drop-in session about battery energy storage systems next week. The BESS session will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6 at the Douglas County Public Works building, 3755 E. 25th St., according to a press release from ...
A trial for a lawsuit challenging a proposed 159-megawatt solar farm in Douglas County has been delayed again until the summer of 2027, months after the project's conditional use permit is set to expire. During a hearing on Tuesday, Judge James McCabria and the attorneys involved in the case ...
A seventh grade class from St. John Catholic School on an overnight class trip to Oklahoma City was involved in a crash Tuesday morning with no injuries reported, according to a statement from the school. The crash occurred as students and chaperones were leaving their hotel in a K-State ...
A more than $135 million project to convert the Kansas Turnpike to a six-lane highway through Lawrence has won approval and may begin its more than two-year construction process this spring. The Kansas Turnpike Authority announced on Tuesday that has approved a $136.6 million bid to add a ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting a budget for a program providing peer support services on Wednesday, which includes a position to help develop a “clubhouse model” for people with mental illness and substance use disorders. The county’s Peer Fellows program employs ...