A propane gas delivery business will soon build a 30,000-gallon tank in rural Douglas County near Baldwin City. The County Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved Heartland Propane’s site plan to build the tank on land located on the southeast corner of North 300 Road and East 1260 Road. Heartland Propane plans for the tank to serve as a refill station for its trucks that make gas deliveries in the ...
A propane gas delivery business wants to build a 30,000-gallon tank in rural Douglas County to help with local deliveries. The County Commission on Wednesday will consider a site plan for the business, Heartland Propane, to construct the propane bulk plant on land located on the southeast corner of North 300 Road and East 1260 Road. The 3.5-acre property, which is currently zoned for general business purposes, ...
Last weekend's Class 6A state debate tournament might not have started well for Lawrence High School, but the school's four-speaker team found a way to make sure it ended well, coach Jeff Plinsky said. After starting the virtual tournament with two wins and four losses during the first round on Friday, the team was sitting near the bottom of the standings. But the debaters did not let a slow start hold them ...
Former County Commissioners Nancy Thellman and Michelle Derusseau tackled a lot of big projects in their time in county government — a new behavioral health campus, criminal justice reform efforts, a revamped set of land use regulations — but some of their proudest achievements are a lot smaller and more personal. Resolving a zoning issue with a property. Meeting with a resident to help them navigate the ...
Several Lawrence students are making their arguments this weekend that they deserve to be recognized as the best debaters in the state. Debate teams from both Lawrence High School and Free State High School are competing in the 6A state tournament Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Both schools sent a full slate of teams — one team each to compete in the four-speaker tournament and four teams each to compete in ...
Story updated at 1:37 p.m. Thursday A 23-year-old Olathe man was killed in a car crash on Kansas Highway 10 in Douglas County on Thursday morning. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tiffany Bush told the Journal-World that a semitruck heading eastbound on the highway crossed the median into the westbound traffic, crashing head-on into another vehicle. The crash occurred around 3:25 a.m. near East 1900 Road. Robert ...