Story updated at 3:32 p.m. Thursday Kansas health officials announced Thursday that 13 Douglas County residents have now tested positive for COVID-19. Amid nationwide concerns about limited testing, the state had recorded 168 positive cases of the disease, with three deaths, as of late ...
Story updated at 4:08 p.m. Thursday: The local homeless shelter’s closely spaced bunk beds present a vulnerable setup during an outbreak of a highly contagious virus, and shelter leaders fully recognize that. The Lawrence Community Shelter is currently housing about 75 people in two dorms, ...
One of Lawrence’s largest employers was partially shut down this week after an employee allegedly lied about having contracted the COVID-19 virus, company officials are now reporting. The call center operator Maximus announced Monday that it was temporarily closing one of its large ...
Story updated at 9:39 p.m. Wednesday Ten Douglas County residents have now tested positive for COVID-19, the local health department announced Wednesday. Previously, the number of identified cases in the county had stood at six. Nine of the current cases are travel related, while one, ...
A section of the mural on the stadium at Hobbs Park, at 11th and Delaware streets, has been vandalized again — this time to reflect a hopeful message during the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The signs in the image formerly said "We demand equal rights," "Food not bombs" and "Save the tree." ...
Local grocery stores are offering a drive-thru grocery pickup service, an action that may help reduce crowding in-store and allow for at-risk customers to maintain social-distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak. In most cases, customers can order their groceries online, drive to ...
“Safer at Home.” It's a slogan of choice for the mandatory confinement measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But it's not true for everyone. As the world's families hunker down, there's another danger, less obvious but just as insidious, that worries advocates and ...
Updated at 3:40 p.m. Thursday: A man who was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for stroke symptoms suffered debilitating injuries and partial paralysis as the result of a doctor’s negligence, a lawsuit alleges. Lawrence attorney Jerry Levy wrote in court documents that his client seeks ...
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UPDATED STORY (03-25-20): East Hills Business Park call center now says employee lied about testing positive for COVID-19 • • • • • • • • • ORIGINAL STORY: A worker at one of Lawrence's largest private employers has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the company ...
Story updated at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is hoping the United States will be reopened by Easter as he weighs how to relax nationwide social-distancing guidelines to put some workers back on the job during the coronavirus outbreak. Trump's ...
Local nonprofits are seeking landlords who will rent their empty units to the unsheltered homeless or populations living in tightly quartered shelters. Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will receive $50,000 in state funds to assist with housing unsheltered individuals and families in ...
UPDATED STORY (03-25-20): East Hills Business Park call center now says employee lied about testing positive for COVID-19 • • • • • • • • • ORIGINAL STORY: One of Lawrence’s largest private employers is temporarily closing one of its buildings in the East Hills Business ...
As many official meetings move online due to help stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, the Kansas attorney general’s office has proposed formal rules for state and local governments to ensure their meetings remain open to the public. Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a recent ...
Story updated at 8:47 p.m. Monday The local health department said Monday that it is basing its work on a model that shows the number of COVID-19 cases in Douglas County peaking in about 30 days with the potential for about 300 hospitalizations. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Director ...
Marriages John Eugene Mangelsdorf, 44, Lawrence, and Savannah Rae Clara Nickel, 26, Lawrence. John David Ruff, 69, Eudora, and Virginia Lee Armer, 71, Lawrence. Austin James Eckhardt, 25, Lecompton, Bonner Lynn Dark, 24, Lecompton. Matthew W. Palmateer, 41, Lawrence, and Heather Nicole ...
Framed maps line the wall in the entrance of David and Sacie Lambertson’s home, a hint at the worldly collection of decorations the couple has inside. The former career diplomat and his wife have lived in six countries and multiple states, and their renovated home at 715 New York St. ...
Story updated at 8:46 p.m. Sunday The Lawrence-Douglas County health department has issued a "stay at home" order that will go into effect early Tuesday morning to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order includes restrictions similar to those announced earlier this weekend by ...
UPDATED STORY: The Lawrence-Douglas County health department on Sunday night announced a “stay at home” order that will go into effect early Tuesday morning to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here for new story • • • • • • • • • • ORIGINAL ...
One more Douglas County resident, who recently traveled on an international cruise ship, has tested positive for COVID-19, the local health department announced Sunday afternoon, bringing the county’s total identified cases to four. All four cases identified in the county so far have ...