While the final decisions haven't been made yet on how Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will handle city funding cuts, Douglas County commissioners said Wednesday that a reduction in emergency medical services shouldn't be on the table. “A reduction in services is not really an ...
Updated at 9:50 a.m. Thursday, May 29 At least two dozen people — including some who said they had recently been laid off from Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center — asked county leaders on Wednesday for support and for more transparency about the center's financial situation. Last ...
When patients move into Cardinal Housing Network's new sober living home, Hannah Bolton will be thinking of someone who could relate to their struggles: her brother Sam. Sam struggled with substance abuse off and on for years, Bolton, the founder and program director of Cardinal Housing ...
For generations, a certain segment of Kansas’ population has shared morning coffee at the small town diner, talked about the weather and debated how good or poor the crops look. Now, you might be able to whip out your smartphone and prove your point, thanks to satellites in space and ...
A Lawrence man will serve no additional prison time after his felony assault and battery charges were reduced on Wednesday to a misdemeanor through a plea agreement with the state. Cetewayo M. Ragins, 43, was sentenced to just shy of five years in prison earlier this month for biting a ...
TOPEKA — Two transgender teenagers and their parents are challenging a new Kansas law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the national ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Douglas County District Court on behalf of a 16-year-old trans boy ...
