Story updated at 3:07 p.m. Thursday Douglas County establishments with a liquor license will soon be allowed to stay open later than before due to a modification of a local health order, according to the health department. Starting Friday at 12:01 a.m., restaurants, bars and entertainment ...
Three more Douglas County residents have died from COVID-19, according to the health department's Wednesday update about the virus. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that ten people — three residents between the ages of 65 and 74, one resident between the ages of 75 ...
One of the hardest parts of Bob Brandt’s 53-year career as a barber, he said, is leaving it. Wednesday is Brandt’s last day as owner of The Malls Barber Shop, a fixture of the Lawrence community since 1959. Brandt has been the owner of the shop, located at 711 W. 23rd Street, for 38 years. ...
Douglas County has reported 2,309 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 26 cases since Monday. The county has averaged about 18 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 18 new ...
Douglas County has reported 2,283 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 109 cases since Friday. The county has averaged about 19 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 19 new ...
A deal has been finalized to keep the day-to-day operations of LMH Health's emergency department under the control of its longtime local operator. LMH Health announced Monday afternoon that it has finalized a three-year contract with Lawrence Emergency Medicine Associates to provide ...
A reporter who spent decades investigating unsolved murders from the civil rights era will give a virtual talk Tuesday through the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter for the Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Miss., will ...
When Lawrence schools went to online learning in March because of the coronavirus, it meant the end of Lawrence resident Erin Chappell’s substitute teaching job. Chappell was left searching for work when most businesses were closed because of health orders, and the back rent started piling ...
A short film featuring the mysterious and iconic East Lawrence Wishing Bench will premiere this week in the neighborhood that gave the film its story. The 12-minute film, which is simply titled "The Wishing Bench," is one of the final works of art in the Rebuilding East Ninth Street public ...
Citing her desire to give her community something different, Baldwin City cafe and bakery owner Lori Gardner is expanding her business to include a new restaurant that will serve hamburgers, hot dogs and other classic fare. Gardner opened Homestead Kitchen and Bakery at 719 Eighth St. in 2018. ...
Douglas County has reported 2,174 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, an increase of 25 cases since Thursday. The county has averaged about 16 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 16 ...
Douglas County's health department has altered its metrics and goals for its weekly “Smart and Safe” community scorecard — a change its leaders say is a better reflection of the current situation — but the new metrics also include less information than before. The new version of the ...
A $720,000 renovation to the health department — funded largely by federal pandemic money — is about to get underway and will cause a temporary relocation of clinic services, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic ...
While COVID-19 numbers showed some improvement, guidance for area school districts remains in the yellow zone, and an elementary school has halted in-person classes after Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department officials asked it to do so after multiple staff member cases. Eudora Elementary ...
On Saturday, a local church will help first-time voters, people with felony convictions and homeless people register to vote and fill out their census forms. Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church's outreach center, 901 Tennessee St., will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The ...
The artist of a life-size scratchboard whale and a "Moby-Dick" scholar will come together in a virtual conversation Friday night through the Lawrence Arts Center. Jos Sances' piece "Or, The Whale" currently occupies an entire wall of the art center's large gallery. In August, the Journal-World ...
Douglas County has reported 2,135 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 17 cases since Tuesday. In Douglas County, 1,630 out of the 2,135 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The number of active cases also dropped ...
Downtown Lawrence Inc. has decided to cancel its annual trick-or-treating event and community Halloween party because of the coronavirus pandemic and related health orders. DLI Executive Director Sally Zogry said in a news release Wednesday that holding the events would go against the current ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is now conducting unannounced checks at bars, restaurants and entertainment venues to determine whether they are following certain COVID-19-related safety practices and closing at the required times, the health department said. On Friday, Lawrence-Douglas ...
Douglas County has reported 2,118 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 34 cases since Monday. The county has averaged about 19 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 19 new ...