Douglas County commissioners unanimously adopted a $190.7 million budget for 2024 at their meeting on Wednesday — and once the outcome was clear, dozens of residents who'd showed up to oppose the plan walked out of the county courthouse in frustration. Wednesday's meeting was the public's ...
Updated at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. Making Douglas County's courtrooms and law enforcement facilities more spacious could come with a price tag of as much as $127 million, and the county will have to move quickly — and possibly even raise taxes — in order to get the job done. That ...
A woman is strolling along a highway just outside of Garnett naked. Indeed, that is a disruption in the Anderson County community of about 3,200 people approximately an hour south of Lawrence. But it’s also something else: The beginning of a journey to Lawrence. Days later, the woman had ...
Despite being part of Douglas County's tentative 2024 budget, two economic development funding requests are still raising questions and skepticism from county leaders — and those might not be resolved until long after the budget itself is approved. At the County Commission's meeting ...
The disciplinary panel overseeing an ethics hearing for the Douglas County district attorney ruled on Wednesday that the investigation was conducted in a fair and neutral way, and the complaint involving how she behaved to local judges will not be dismissed. District Attorney Suzanne Valdez ...
Updated at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Douglas County commissioners remain on track to approve publication of the county's proposed 2024 budget on Aug. 30, but County Administrator Sarah Plinsky wants more details from commissioners at their meeting on Wednesday about how and when to ...