Some Douglas County residents whose homes were damaged during the May 28 tornado will receive tax relief from the county government.
The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday approved the creation of a program that gives County Appraiser Steven Miles the ongoing authority to process and approve applications for tax abatements to those residents. The program is slightly different from what the commission was ...
Although Douglas County commissioners have found who they want to serve as the next county administrator, the process to fill the position isn't yet finished.
Douglas County Commission Chair Michelle Derusseau told the Journal-World Monday that contract negotiations are still underway with interim County Administrator Sarah Plinsky. Commissioners last week selected Plinsky to fill the role of county ...
Douglas County residents whose property was damaged during the May 28 tornado may soon receive some tax relief from the county government.
The County Commission on Wednesday will consider approving a total of $30,000 in tax abatements for 17 county properties affected by the tornado. The abatements, which are property tax reductions, vary for each property based on the amount of their assessed damage.
County ...
The farming season troubles for Jimmy Neis began in the early spring.
The soil on his farm, Neis Brothers Farms just south of Eudora, was so wet that he had to slightly delay planting his corn until mid-April, he said. Then severe storms came in May.
“It rained for several weeks and it drowned a lot of that early corn out,” Neis said, noting that he replanted corn in June that has not been harvested yet, ...
The attorney for a Lawrence man accused of a double shooting argued in Douglas County District Court on Friday that his client should not face attempted murder charges because he was only trying to defend himself.
But Judge James McCabria rejected that claim, ruling that the attorney did not present enough evidence to back it.
In a motion, attorney Gary Conwell said his client, Tommy J. May, 59, should receive ...
University of Kansas researchers want to develop new ways for children with learning disabilities to visualize and achieve their goals — and they now have several million dollars in grant funding to help them out.
The $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will allow the KU team to create a new education program that prepares students with learning disabilities to transition from high ...
