Updated at 4:13 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Douglas County commissioners are finalizing their budget decisions for 2027, and following deliberations on Tuesday, are looking at a reduction to the property tax rate. Following budget deliberations, county staff have calculated a $199.6 million ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday chose Bob Byers as their new board president and Yolanda Franklin as their vice president for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. The board held its annual organizational meeting on Monday to elect its officers. Byers was the only board member nominated ...
A new healthcare facility on Haskell Indian Nations University’s campus is expected to be built in the next “three to five years,” the CEO of the Haskell Indian Health Center told the Journal-World. The university and the Indian Health Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health ...
Measles has been detected in wastewater in Douglas County, the local health department announced Monday, though there are currently no confirmed cases here. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in a release that the measles virus was detected by WastewaterSCAN, a national program that ...
Douglas County commissioners expressed interest in allocating $1.5 million for a planned youth mental health crisis facility during their 2027 budget deliberations on Monday. Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center asked the county for the $1.5 million for its Judge Jean Shepherd Youth ...
Lawrence school board members will be appointing a new board president and vice president at their meeting on Monday. The board will hold its annual organizational meeting on Monday to elect its officers for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. The current officers are President GR Gordon-Ross ...