Douglas County’s 2026 point-in-time count showed a 65-person increase in sheltered homelessness, but a city official cautions that the increase doesn't reflect growth in the county’s homeless population. The “point-in-time count” is an annual, one-night census that is required by the ...
A wildfire that exploded in size in a matter of hours ripped through wide swaths of ranchland in rural Texas, burning structures at a youth camp while forcing evacuations and closing schools Tuesday. The fire, which began early Monday afternoon, charred more than 78 square milesin less than a ...
Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting the 2027 budget on Wednesday, which includes a property tax rate decrease from last year. The proposed budget being considered on Wednesday follows two weeks of hearings from community partners and deliberations between county commissioners ...
UPDATED 6:30 P.M. Plans to build more than a thousand new homes and apartments west of the Bob Billings Parkway and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange hit a snag at Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting. Planning commissioners on a 4-3 vote recommended denial of a ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday heard about the principles that will guide the district in creating a new artificial intelligence policy, which is expected to be proposed before the next school year. Although the board is still some time away from seeing a draft of the policy, district ...
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators object to diversion of $24 million to disability services for the frail elderly and people with brain injuries that had been earmarked for benefit of Kansans with intellectual or developmental disabilities stuck for years on a bloated waiting list. During an ...
