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The Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Office is teaming up with After the Harvest, a Kansas City, Mo.-based produce rescue nonprofit, and Community Organized Gleaners (COGs), a grassroots… Go to the web page
1 in 10 community-residing older adults reported experiencing elder abuse in the past year according to a 2010 National Elder Mistreatment Study. The Stalking Prevention and Awareness Resource Center… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Bruce S. Springsteen, 65, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest Friday to attempted sexual exploitation of a child by conducting… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Benjamin Mims, 36, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and unlawful distribution of fentanyl in the death of an… Go to the web page
Public health leaders have updated the local health order to expand the mass gathering limit and to expand hours of operation for venues and establishments serving food and drinks indoors. The new… Go to the web page
Public health leaders have updated the local public health order to expand the mass gathering limit and have now removed restrictions on hours of operation for venues and establishments serving food… Go to the web page
Douglas County Unified Command leaders and public health officers strongly encourage COVID-19 vaccination, testing and wearing masks in crowded places as the holidays near and cases and… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Kodi R. Crane, 41, of Lawrence, was sentenced to 41 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for fatally striking a… Go to the web page
Ollie Ortiz died tragically. Perhaps equally tragic is the fact that nothing in our criminal justice system can return Ollie to his loved ones.Prior to taking office on January 11, 2021, I was… Go to the web page
The Board of County Commissioners reached a tentative agreement July 7 on an approximately $148.5 million budget for 2022. They agreed on a 1.008 mill levy increase, which brings the mill levy to 47.… Go to the web page
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission is recommending a proposed text amendment to the subdivision regulations for Lawrence and the unincorporated areas of Douglas County. The amendment is… Go to the web page
Douglas County Commissioners on April 14 unanimously approved an updated public health order recommended by local health officers that keeps a countywide mask mandate and social distancing… Go to the web page
Sheriff's Office re-entry case manager runs long distances for mental health, to connect with others
Running means a lot to Rebecca Sudja. You can tell by how far she runs – completing a 100-miler in October 2020 in the Flint Hills and more than 80 miles earlier this month in Arkansas.
For the… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Daniele Leone, 33, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced to 61 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) for… Go to the web page
Douglas County Commissioners approved changes to the Douglas County Animal Control Code on Dec. 1, 2021, during their business meeting. The Lawrence Humane Society proposed the changes to… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that juries in two separate trials returned guilty verdicts against John Timothy Price, 34, of Lawrence, for incidents that occurred in… Go to the web page
Chief District Court Judge James McCabria announced today (March 18) that District Court plans to start hearing jury trials in April.
Last summer, the Kansas Supreme Court required each district… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Randell Mark Smith, 32, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter and unlawful distribution of a controlled… Go to the web page
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Ernest F. Ingram II, 22, of Ottawa, was sentenced to 253 months in prison for raping a 13-year-old Lawrence girl in 2021 and six… Go to the web page
March 26, 2021 was my 75th day in office as Douglas County District Attorney. It was also the day the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator, an arm of the Judicial Branch, sent out notice that… Go to the web page
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