Perry council backs rent assistance plan
Perry City Council endorsed a HUD administered rent assistance program via NEKCAP to aid low income families with rental payments. NEKCAP serves six counties and hopes to aid ten Jefferson County families, while remaining limited to three bedroom or larger homes and existing housing. The council also approved a traffic sign plan directing drivers to Perry Middle School, with cost and erection date undecided. next meeting set for March 7.
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Perry
Perry City
Roger Hodson
Northeast Kansas
Larry Pickman
Nekcap
Oskaloosa
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Pickman
HUD
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Commission
Elm
Third Streets
Perry Middle School
Hudson
Jail inmates make the grade in Labette jail classes
Helen Hellwig teaches Labette Community College courses inside Labette County Jail in Oswego with GED and college classes plus life enhancement lessons. Since July a federal grant has funded 76 inmates for 1,800 hours of classroom time, focusing on education, job skills, budgeting, and goal setting.
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Oswego
Helen Hellwig
Labette County
Gram
Mrs. Metcalf
Law Enforcement Center
Woman Sentenced for Forcing Daughter to Live in Treehouse
A 40-year-old Spring Hill woman, Valerie E. Payne, was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor child endangerment for making her 9-year-old adopted daughter stay two weeks in a 15-foot treehouse. The trial in Johnson County District Court cited Payne’s struggle with her daughter’s emotional issues.
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Clathe
Spring Hill
Valerie E. Payne
Johnson County
Ms. Payne
Health department to hold well child clinic in Eudora
Lawrence Douglas County Health Department will run a well child clinic at Eudora City Hall on Friday. Appointments required for examinations while immunizations will be offered walk in from 10 30 to 11 15 a m Call 843 0721 for appointments or more information.
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Lawrence- Douglas County
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