Douglas County officials seek dismissal in wrongful incarceration suit
Douglas County and current and former sheriffs, named with Douglas County generally, move to dismiss Rontarus Washington Jr.’s federal suit for wrongful incarceration on grounds of qualified immunity, statute of limitations, and failure to specify a violation. The suit, filed February 15 by attorney Larry Michel, names former Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson, Sheriff Jay Armbrister, and former sheriffs Ken McGovern and Randy Roberts.
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Rontarus Washington Jr
Douglas County
Washington
Larry Michel
Kennedy Berkley
Salina
Charles Branson
Jay Armbrister
Ken McGovern
Nature center ferrets teach at Prairie Park in Lawrence
Lizzie and Annie, European ferrets now at Prairie Park Nature Center, have started a second career as teachers. They previously served as mothers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center in Wellington, Colorado, aiding a historic cloning project that produced Elizabeth Ann in 2021, the first cloned native endangered North American species.
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Lawrence
Marty Birrell
Prairie Park Nature Center
Slinky Weasels
Lizzie
Annie
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National
Wellington
Colorado
Elizabeth Ann
North America
Lawrence seeks resident input on growth and neighborhood priorities
The Land Development Code Update Steering Committee and Clarion Associates discuss a draft survey to measure how neighborhoods want growth and preserve character in Lawrence. The survey, available in meeting-in-a-box format, aims to identify common priorities across the city to reflect them in the updated land development code.
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Lawrence
Clarion Associates
Elizabeth Garvin
Garvin
Douglas County aims for functional zero homelessness by 2028
The draft Douglas County strategic plan seeks to reach functional zero homelessness by 2028. Assistant County Administrator Jill Jolicoeur presented the plan during a commissioners work session, outlining year to year goals across priority areas to drive policy, system and environmental changes for moving people into permanent housing.
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Douglas County
Jill Jolicoeur
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