TOPEKA — The coronavirus pandemic has yet to fully hit the Kansas state budget, with tax collections falling only $8.6 million short of expectations in March. The state Department of Revenue reported Wednesday that tax collections last month were $523.4 million when the state projected ...
The Heartland Community Health Center is offering curbside COVID-19 triage, as well as accepting new patients for services such as primary care, emergency dental care and behavioral health care. Same-day appointments are available, as well as Telehealth appointments for patients who do not ...
The City of Lawrence will be allowing people in need to use the showers at the city's Outdoor Aquatic Center beginning Wednesday afternoon. The city said in an announcement that it would be opening the showers to help address the needs of all members of the community. The city previously had ...
TOPEKA — Three Kansas prison workers have contracted the coronavirus in the first cases reported in the state's prison system amid an outbreak that has one cash-strapped health system slashing pay. The Department of Corrections announced Tuesday night in a news release that the three ...
Newly released depositions from former Kansas football coach David Beaty’s ongoing court battle with Kansas Athletics Inc. include claims that Athletic Director Jeff Long planned to fire Beaty even before the coach’s final season with the Jayhawks began. It also includes allegations that ...
Local health officials announced Tuesday that 26 Douglas County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Prior to Tuesday, no new lab-confirmed cases of the disease had been identified in Douglas County residents since Saturday, when the cumulative count of cases ...
Here is a fact you may want to take notice of in today’s COVID-19 world: In Douglas County, there is no guarantee you will ever know when one of your co-workers tests positive for the virus. As the Journal-World did reporting this week to confirm a positive case at Lawrence manufacturer ...
Many clinicians are fighting the spread of COVID-19 from hospitals and office spaces; others are meeting at-risk patients in the patients' own homes. The Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association has not shied away from conducting home visits during the pandemic, and three employees have ...
Alarms are sounding at City of Lawrence sewage facilities, and it’s because of what residents are flushing down their toilets. Since the coronavirus outbreak has led to empty toilet paper shelves at stores, city engineers say there has been a substantial increase in the amount of cloth ...
Editor's note: This story has been updated on April 2 to reflect a reversal of decision by the IRS and Treasury. The IRS and the Treasury Department say Americans will start receiving their economic impact checks within the next few weeks. The payments are part of the $2.2 trillion rescue ...
Unemployment claims in Kansas have increased over 3,000% since the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting the United States, overwhelming the state’s Department of Labor call center, Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday. At the beginning of March, the state was getting an average of around 1,800 claims ...
Douglas County on Wednesday may take a step to begin tracking data on the local homeless population, with the goal of addressing chronic homelessness in the community. The County Commission will consider entering an agreement with Community Solutions, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ...
A major Lawrence manufacturer has confirmed that an employee has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, but it has no plans to temporarily close the plant, which employs about 800 people. A spokesperson with Berry Global confirmed that the manufacturer of plastic cups and packages received ...
Joining a growing number of universities around the country, the University of Kansas told faculty members on Monday that it would offer students the option to take all of their courses for credit — rather than a grade — in light of the abrupt switch to online learning. The move to ...
LMH Health will temporarily suspend the collection of health care bills in an effort to provide economic relief to patients and to lessen the number of items traded between patients and staff. Deb Cartwright, chief financial officer for LMH Health, announced Monday afternoon that the hospital ...
Police arrested a man Monday evening after multiple gunshots were fired into an occupied home in northern Lawrence. Officers were called to a reported disturbance with weapons in the 3400 block of Sweet Grass Court around 5 p.m. Monday, the Lawrence Police Department said in a news release ...
Story updated at 1:03 p.m. Tuesday WICHITA — A Wichita-area official wants to temporarily close an abortion clinic to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has sickened residents and staff at another Kansas nursing home. Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell said Monday that ...
For a blind Eudora resident who turned 85 last week, honks from passing cars were one way the community let him know they were thinking about him on his special day. “Honk,” a sign in his front yard read, “Lou is 85!” Celebrations of all kinds have been upended due to the ...
Story updated at 4:08 p.m. Monday New lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Douglas County residents have not been reported since Saturday morning, according to data released by state and local health officials Monday afternoon. At least 22 Douglas County residents have tested positive since the ...
Numbers can make you dizzy if you look at them long enough. (If you watch them while standing around a roulette wheel, you can have the fun of being both dizzy and broke.) If you are feeling that way now, I probably can’t fix those conditions, but I can provide you some new ways to look at ...
