This story was updated at 8:43 p.m., Saturday, March 21. Maci Perrins, a seventh-grader at Southwest Middle School in Lawrence, represented Douglas County at the state spelling bee Saturday in Salina and finished within the top 5. A four-time champion of the Douglas County bee, Maci ...
Before Haskell Indian Nations University's new turf softball field opened on Friday, head coach Jolona Shield-Dzakic said, the team had basically been playing in the dirt. The old field didn't have lights or a scoreboard, she told the Journal-World. Players had to miss classes because they ...
The National Weather Service is anticipating dangerous fire weather conditions for Douglas County this weekend. The NWS issued a fire weather watch for both Saturday and Sunday and a red flag warning on Saturday. The watch is in place because critical fire weather conditions are forecast to ...
Douglas County was awarded federal funding for a guardrail replacement to enhance safety on a rural roadway near Lone Star. Governor Laura Kelly announced on Tuesday that over $8.77 million in federal funds would be awarded to 13 projects aiming to enhance the safety on rural roadways in the ...
Lawrence High and Free State High both will be set to get new running tracks, if Lawrence school board members approve more than $1.5 million worth of construction bids at their Monday meeting. Board members will consider approving bids for work that would include the demolition of the ...
At two town hall meetings next week, the Lawrence Public Library’s leaders hope to get more ideas from the public to help guide the creation of the library's master plan. The library will have two meetings next week: one at its building at 707 Vermont St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 23, ...