Mike Belt
Recent stories
- Baldwin City included in winter storm watch
- March 27, 2009
- Winter is returning for one last blast. First there was rain Thursday, then snow on Saturday, 6News meteorologist Craig Gold said. Today’s temperature will reach a high of only 39 degrees, he predicted.
- New Douglas County commissioners take office
- January 14, 2009
- The face of Douglas County government changed Monday as two long-time commissioners gave way to their newly elected replacements.
- New County Commissioners take seats
- January 12, 2009
- The face of Douglas County government changed Monday as two long-time commissioners gave way to their newly elected replacements.
- Carbondale man sentenced to five years in Internet sex solicitation case
- January 6, 2009
- A Carbondale man who attempted to sexually solicit what he thought was a 13-year-old-girl over the Internet received concurrent sentences Tuesday totaling five years in prison on three convictions.
- Douglas County adjusting budget as revenues fall short
- December 1, 2008
- Revenues that support Douglas County government are down this year and adjustments will have to be made to the 2009 budget, County Administrator Craig Weinaug said.
- Time running out to claim stimulus checks
- 10:59 a.m., November 12, 2008 Updated 10:36 a.m.
- The Internal Revenue Service has a long list of people from Douglas County it has been unable to deliver stimulus checks to.
- Treatments for post traumatic stress disorder help victims reclaim ‘normal life’
- November 11, 2008
- Treatments for post traumatic stress disorder are continuously being updated and new methods are being studied, according to an expert on the subject.
- Veteran urges those with post traumatic stress disorder to get help immediately
- November 11, 2008
- When Ted Lawyer returned home to Lawrence after a year of duty in Iraq he didn’t realize the toll the war had taken on him.
- Physically whole but mentally torn: Veteran with post traumatic stress relearns coping skills
- November 11, 2008
- There are certain roads Ted Lawyer won’t drive on when he’s alone. They remind him of roads in Iraq.
- Holland defeats Pine for senate seat
- November 6, 2008
- Democrat Tom Holland unseated incumbent Republican Roger Pine in the state Senate’s 3rd District during Tuesday’s general election.
