Local News

Baldwin second-grader takes lead in composting
May 16, 2012
Student composted uneaten food every day after school
Baker grad named CNN hero for work with refugee children
May 16, 2012
Baker University graduate Mark Kabban knows firsthand the power of sports to foster change and is now sharing that lesson with others.
Baldwin City resident air lifted to KU Med Center after accident near Douglas County Lake
May 11, 2012
Driver lost control after hitting potholes
Baldwin senior Brown in finals of Google contest
May 10, 2012
Baldwin High School senior Tucker Brown successfully went back to the Stone Age in his search for inspiration to create a logo for a high-tech company.
Volunteers, donors sought for Baldwin City senior bus service
May 10, 2012
Douglas County Senior Services has made a bus available for use in Baldwin City, but it will be up to the community to determine how well it can serve the city’s seniors.
Flower grower supplies farmers market with color
May 4, 2012
The plants that will produce the buckets of color Jill Boyle will bring this summer to the Baldwin City Farmers Market now grow in cold frames or poke inches above the ground in one of two flower gardens she tends.
Baldwin High School senior Tucker Brown finalist in national Google contest
May 3, 2012
Brown state winner of Google Doodle contest
New health assessment identifies 13 challenges that Douglas County residents face
April 30, 2012
Inadequate access to affordable nutritious foods and dental services are among the top challenges that Douglas County residents face when it comes to living a healthy life.
Holland wary of conference committee tax-cut compromise
April 27, 2012
Kansas would cut its sales, business and individual income taxes — eventually by at least $500 million a year — under a new plan designed to stimulate the state’s economy, but critics worry it would create budget problems.
Three-vehicle accident slows traffic in Baldwin City
April 20, 2012
Accident at U.S. 56 and Sixth Street
Douglas County population growing, albeit slowly
April 6, 2012
Douglas County is still growing, according to new numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau, but its growth remains at a historically slow pace.
Douglas County Heritage Grant deadline nears
April 6, 2012
The deadline to apply for a 2012 Douglas County natural and cultural heritage grant is 5 p.m. Friday, April 20
Douglas County Health Department offering day care orientation
April 2, 2012
Required training to be April 10
Eight Ottawa resident indicted in Oxycodone traffic case
March 23, 2012
Kansas City, Kan. federal grand jury returns indictments
Rural Baldwin City women taken to hospital after car chase, wreck
March 22, 2012
DUI and reckless driving were listed as contributing factors

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