Sheriff proposes $45 million jail space plan
Sheriff Jay Armbrister touts a $45 million plus project to rework Douglas County Jail space to improve utilization and functional capacity without adding beds. County commissioners saw the idea at a work session, aiming to avoid expanding the jail while addressing activist opposition and prior voter rejections.
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Unknown headstone reveals Luzine Wildersen inscription
In Oak Hill Cemetery the headstone, previously unreadable due to lichens and bio growth, now clearly shows the name Luzine Wildersen. The inscription records her death in 1871 at age 10 years 9 months and 29 days.
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After oil spill, rural county wonders what comes next
The Keystone pipeline ruptured in December spilling crude oil on native prairie and cropland and coating over three miles of Mill Creek near the Nebraska border. TC Energy says about 90 percent of the spill has been cleaned and residents’ views toward the company now range from wary to hopeful.
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Washington County
Mill Creek
TC Energy
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Robbers Duct Taped Workers in Lawrence Cellphone Theft
A Lawrence T-Mobile store robbery on April 2 2022 left two employees bound with duct tape and threatened with a gun. Darien Khalil Chambers 29 was arrested in October and charged with two counts of aggravated robbery with a handgun and two counts of kidnapping.
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Bauer Farm Drive
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