Tag: code

Everglades City works to sort code enforcement, recoup administrative costs

Everglades City officials want to sort a messy and often drawn-out code enforcement process that frequently ends in reduced fines and forgone administrative fees. The city’s code enforcement board on Tuesday cut one landowner’s code violation fees to $7,500 from $75,250, plus administrative costs. It also continued for a second time the amount of administrative […]

Former Sumter Code Enforcement officer faces 16 theft charges

AMERICUS — Heather Nicole Beamon, a former Sumter County Code Enforcement officer, turned herself in at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office this week and was charged with 16 felony counts of theft by conversion, officials with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. During Beamon’s role as a Code Enforcement officer, she […]

Tazewell County Animal Shelter announces Code Red status

BLUEFIELD, VA (WVNS) — The Tazewell County Animal Shelter is in Code Red. According to a post on the Tazewell County Animal Shelter’s Facebook page, the shelter is in Code Red status as of Thursday, May 23, 2024. Power outage planned for part of Greenbrier County The shelter stated that from Thursday, May 23, 2024 […]

Experts urge Senate to pass SCOTUS ethics code amid Alito flag debacle

A prominent legal expert says Senate passage of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s bill to require the Supreme Court to adopt a stronger ethics code could send a powerful message – even if its passage through the current House of Representatives is a likely impossibility. Sen. Whitehouse, D-R.I., introduced his bill in February 2023 in the wake […]

Harbor Springs council passes new zoning code despite public pushback

HARBOR SPRINGS — A zoning code update that’s been in the works since 2022 was approved by the Harbor Springs City Council on Monday, despite more than 800 people signing a petition against it. The contentious update resulted in several hours’ worth of public feedback across multiple meetings, as well as a public campaign in […]

Parents have mixed opinions on new dress code for Leavenworth public schools

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Students and parents in Leavenworth County are learning about a dress code that takes effect this fall. School board members with the Leavenworth Unified School District made a Monday night decision that isn’t in style for everybody. The board approved new dress code guidelines, allowing items that were previously seen as unacceptable […]

Code enforcement officer arrested for illegal spying in Coffee County

A City of Douglas code enforcement officer was arrested for illegally surveilling a teacher. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of Rodger Goddard, who was employed as the Code Enforcement Officer for the City of Douglas, Friday. Goddard was arrested at the Douglas City Hall on Thursday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for […]