As a change of leadership takes place in the Douglas County office overseeing the public response to the coronavirus pandemic, the former and new county health officers expect a smooth transition. Dr. Thomas Marcellino officially resigned from the position this month after a decade at the ...
Douglas County has officially entered the coronavirus transmission yellow zone, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s latest data. Yellow — as opposed to red, which the county has been in since the end of December — means the county’s daily case count, based on a 14-day ...
An election asking voters in Eudora city and township whether they want a nearly $5 million new library is nearing its deadline. Voters must drop off their ballots, which arrived via mail earlier this month, by noon Tuesday. By the end of that day, they should have unofficial results ...
Updated at 3:05 p.m. Friday WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed ...
The final pin of her prep career came Thursday in Park City, where Free State High senior Madyson Gray rolled to her third consecutive girls state wrestling title and finished with a career record of 95-0. She shared the moment with her father, Darin Gray, the FSHS head coach, and several ...
The City of Lawrence has announced that the winter emergency shelter will close for the season following the night of March 1. The city has been operating the shelter with the help of volunteers at the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., for the past four months on any night when the ...