Douglas County commissioners approved a contract for a new county employee health care plan on Wednesday. The contract is with UnitedHealthcare to provide administrative services for the county’s self-funded employee health care plan, and it would become effective June 1, 2026. The vote ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is seeking nominations from county residents for individuals and organizations who are dedicated to advancing health for all in Douglas County. Each year, LDCPH recognizes two Douglas County community members in the first week of April during National ...

State law requires residents of a county to be notified of a lot of different legal matters that are underway at any given time. That includes pending foreclosures of homes, new ordinances proposed by local governments, legal name changes of your neighbors, and even the sales that dispose of ...

The Lawrence Mardi Gras Parade partied through Massachusetts Street on Tuesday.

Story updated at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17: A Lawrence organization called Sanctuary Alliance alerted the community on Tuesday that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, were detaining individuals in Lawrence, and Douglas County's sheriff was sharply critical of ICE's ...

Five poets chosen from an annual poetry contest will see their work displayed on the city’s electric buses for the next year. According to a press release from Lawrence Transit, the five winners of the Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate program will have their work displayed on a bus along ...