FAYETTEVILLE Washington County could offer some basic pre-trial services with a staff of eight new county employees, according to information given to a Quorum Court committee on Monday.
FAYETTEVILLE Washington County could offer some basic pre-trial services with a staff of eight new county employees, according to information given to a Quorum Court committee on Monday.
FAYETTEVILLE Proponents of a bigger jail cleared another hurdle Tuesday when the Quorum Court s Finance and Budget Committee endorsed an ordinance calling for a special election on the $100 million project.
Local activists opposed to jail expansion plans in Benton and Washington counties spent Thursday and Friday hearing from Douglas County, Kan., officials about how they handled problems with jail crowding after voters there rejected a jail expansion measure in 2018.
Local activists opposed to jail expansion plans in Benton and Washington counties spent Thursday and Friday hearing from Douglas County, Kan., officials about how they handled problems with jail crowding after voters there rejected a jail expansion measure in 2018.