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Latest COVID-19 news & other updates in Lawrence & Douglas County [View in your browser]( Subscribe now - just 99¢ for the 1st month [LJWorld.com]( Support Local Journalism If our local journalists have helped keep you informed or told a story that's valuable to you, please consider supporting them through a subscription. 99¢ for the first month of unlimited digital access to LJWorld.com, cancel any time [subscribe now]( [Rev. Scott Hanks, Heritage Baptist Church]( [Heritage Baptist Church leader: COVID-19 ‘has not hit our county’ like it has others; services to continue]( The Rev. Scott Hanks has heard from members of the community and met with law enforcement, but Heritage Baptist Church will continue its in-person services. [Read More]( [ Subscribe Today]( [LMH Health]( [LMH Health releases first inpatient treated for COVID-19; virus count in Douglas County remains at 40 →]( The first inpatient LMH Health treated for COVID-19 was released Tuesday morning and reunited with his family. [Read More]( [State projected unemployment]( [Town Talk | KU research estimates Lawrence’s unemployment is among state’s highest; full-service gas pumps make a comeback →]( It is already clear that the math on the job loss front is going to get pretty painful as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. But researchers at the University of Kansas have done some calculations that show the pain may be higher in Douglas County than in many parts of the state. [Read More]( [Liberty Memorial Central Middle School]( [Local restaurants to launch new student meal service for the remainder of April →]( Local restaurants will be stepping in to make sure that students in need will still have access to free lunch throughout April after the Lawrence school district recently suspended its meal service for children. [Read More]( [Lawrence Airport]( [Lawrence Municipal Airport to receive $69,000 as part of the coronavirus relief package →]( The Lawrence Municipal Airport will receive a $69,000 grant as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. [Read More]( [Heartland Community Health]( [Heartland Community Health Center receives $674K in federal grants to respond to pandemic →]( Heartland Community Health Center is one of 18 community health centers statewide that will receive a portion of $15 million in federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services. [Read More]( [Kansas website]( [Town Talk | Technology problems, delays in filing for Kansas unemployment get much worse; website essentially down →]( Kansans seeking to file unemployment claims are now facing even larger hurdles as the state’s website became all but inoperable over the weekend. [Read More]( [ Subscribe Today]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( | [View in your browser](