Douglas County News

The plan, which was released Thursday, suggests that sometime between 2030 and 2040, the highway should be widened to six lanes by adding "high occupancy toll," or HOT lanes, in each direction.

The recent tornado in Moore, Okla. is a reminder to our community that emergency planning and preparation is critical to surviving a natural disaster.

Ashton Walker was in an energetic mood. On a recent day at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, he crawled on the floor, lifted himself onto chairs and played with a ball.

The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability recognized individuals and organizations with the 2013 Sustainability Leadership Awards last month as part of Earth Day festivities.

Three "armed and dangerous" men have escaped the minimum security unit at Lansing Correctional Facility, the Kansas Department of Corrections said Friday morning.

A replacement bridge project was expected to begin Wednesday on an Old U.S. 59 bridge located less than a mile north of Pleasant Gove Hill in Douglas County.

The naming ceremony for the park at 19th Street and Haskell Avenue to honor Jim McSwain, former fire chief of the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Department, and all firefighters will be held 3 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the park site.

The Kansas Forest Service and the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Department will present the findings of a recent study of forest resources in Douglas County.

Northbound and southbound U.S. 40 over the Kansas River Bridges will be reduced to one lane, 24/7 round the clock, beginning after morning rush hour on Monday, May 6 through late May 2013, weather permitting, in Lawrence .

When Bruce Eveland was a Nebraska farm boy, he anticipated riding the train to the city and eating in its diner car.

Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department long-running, Summer Playgrounds is being offered at five sites this summer.

Project work includes milling at ramps and bridge approaches and the application of a 3/4-inch new asphalt layer on the existing mainline pavement, followed by all new pavement markings.

A small airplane has crashed in northeast Kansas, and its pilot was taken by helicopter to an area hospital with serious injuries.

The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization , in coordination with the City of Lawrence, Kansas, is kicking off the Multimodal Studies Project this spring.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Lawrence law enforcement officials say they collected a record 875 pounds of unused prescription drugs Saturday as part of a nationwide "Drug Take-Back Day." Lt.

Douglas County officials say the county is applying for a federal grant to study the feasibility of establishing a "food hub" that would make it easier for county businesses to sell locally grown produce and meats.