Douglas County reported 2,740 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 51 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 2,374 out of the 2,740 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 366 cases are active. The county has ...
A new pet-retention program from the Lawrence Humane Society aims to keep four-legged family members with Douglas County owners who are experiencing financial hardships. The Crisis Pet Retention (CPR) fund provides resources to pet owners struggling with poverty, homelessness, job loss or ...
One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the health department’s Friday update about the virus. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that 14 people — four residents between the ages of 65 and 74, one resident between the ages of 75 and 84 ...
Douglas County reported 2,681 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday, an increase of 21 cases since Wednesday. In Douglas County, 2,343 out of the 2,681 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 338 cases are active. The county ...
In-person, indoor theater performances are returning to Theatre Lawrence this weekend, and the organization is striving to do as much as it can to ensure a safe experience. When the community theater welcomes people inside for the opening of “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” there will be ...
Douglas County reported 2,660 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 18 cases since Tuesday. In Douglas County, 2,328 out of the 2,660 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 332 cases are active. The county ...
In a new one-woman show from the Lawrence Arts Center, actress and writer Victoria Taurean Smith tells the story of how she accepted her transgender identity. The show, “10,000,” will premiere virtually on Saturday and run through Nov. 15. The production is pre-recorded and is being called ...
Douglas County has reported 2,642 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 17 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 local health department. The current average of ...
Charles and Agatha are truly winning October, despite the circumstances. They’ve been sunbathing, wining and dining, camping out and playing in the leaves. One might even say they are living their best lives – if not for the fact that they are dead. Every Oct. 1, Lawrence resident Kelly ...
Douglas County reported 2,625 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 52 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 2,258 out of the 2,625 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 368 cases are active. Lawrence-Douglas ...
The owner of a downtown Lawrence bar is asking a federal judge to rule that a Douglas County health order limiting business hours is unconstitutional and unenforceable. The lawsuit also seeks due process, such as a hearing before a neutral party, to determine whether the bar is safe to ...
Tuesday is the final day to register for the Nov. 3 election, which will decide the many federal, state and local races. Along with the races for the U.S. presidency and many of the seats in Congress, voters will have a say in the races for state and county seats too. Residents may register ...
As young artists ran paint brushes over a concrete wall in southern Lawrence, Rick Wright explained the types of brush strokes that would suit the project. Wright, the art director for Van Go Inc., told one teenager she could make the strokes move in a direction to suggest a breaking wave, and ...
Two cold fronts will move through the area in coming days, bringing more fall-like temperatures but doing little to reverse recent dry conditions. Lawrence is running 3.5 inches below normal rainfall for the year. Matt Wolters, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said ...
Many important local and state offices will be on the ballot in the general election on Nov. 3. This voters guide will help you get to know some of the issues at stake and refresh your memory about some of the local races that were all but decided during August's primaries. To view the ...
The mission of the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center — an organization celebrating its 70th anniversary this year — is more relevant than ever, its leader says, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The people the organization served prior to the pandemic have not seen their ...
Not many fish were biting on Saturday at Sandra J. Shaw Community Health Park, but that didn't spoil the morning for the contestants in the Special Olympics fishing derby. Fish could be spotted jumping in the park's lake, and an angler who wasn't competing reeled in a catfish that was about a ...
Lawrence's Walk to End Alzheimer's event won't include a large in-person gathering this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, "this year's walk is everywhere," the event's webpage states. People are invited to walk in their own neighborhoods for this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's, ...
The name of Douglas County's pandemic response team is once again changing to reflect the group's focus on a wider variety of topics, according to a news release from the health department on Friday. In July, Douglas County developed an education-specific response team called Education ...
With election day nearing, Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew told the Journal-World his office has been working to dispel misinformation that has been getting to voters. As residents are being asked to cast their general election ballots during a global pandemic, Shew said he and his office ...