Topeka needs to add more than 200 housing units every year for the next two decades, a bank leader says, but there are four things holding back housing supply. Read more: CJonline

How does this assist and give back to the residents? The short answer, “cheaper utilities.” Read more: Morning Sun

If the ban passes in the Nov. 3 general election, it would take effect immediately and remain in place for 10 years. Read more: KSN-TV

Across the nation, law enforcement officials are implementing new methods to communicate more effectively with community members with autism or other sensory sensitivities. Read more: Homepage

Wayne Kruse, OneMarysville executive director, said in a press release that this gives downtown property owners and people interested in investing in Marysville access to financial incentives that can make improvements to historic buildings more affordable. Read more: KCLY Radio

The city of Lenexa will finally join other major governing bodies in Johnson County in livestreaming its city council meetings. At its meeting on Oct. 6, the Lenexa City Council voted 7-0 to approve amendments to the Governing Body Rules of Procedure and allow for city council meetings to be livestreamed on the city’s website. Councilmember Bill Nicks was absent. While Lenexa City Council meetings have been available for replay on the city’s website since January 2023, the city has never livestreamed them. The council meetings have been recorded and typically posted online the next day. Read more: Johnson County Post

In four days, gates will open at Eureka Downs for the first time in more than a decade — and when racing returns, wagering does too. It won’t be just win, place, or show at the races this Saturday at Eureka Downs. Bettors will have other opportunities to cash in on their wagers. Mike Weiss, the track manager at Eureka Downs, says there is also a chance for those who may not be high-rollers to win big. Along with traditional win, place, and show bets, fans can place exactas — predicting first and second place — and trifectas, predicting the top [...]

Valley Center voters will consider a 1% sales tax this November to support the city’s public safety services, including the fire department. This comes several months after Sedgwick County moved to terminate mutual aid agreements with multiple cities, including Valley Center. Mayor Jet Truman said the city is moving from a 12-hour to 24-hour fire department, and that will require major upgrades to the staff and facilities. Read more: KSN-TV

Urban and rural acute-care hospitals are closing at the same rate despite widespread belief that rural providers face more financial pressure than urban ones. That's according to recent findings from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published as a research letter in healthcare journal JAMA. Nationally, more acute-care hospitals across the U.S. closed than opened between 2010 to 2025, the study found. "Many policymakers have been treating hospital closures as a rural problem, but our data show it's a national problem," Thomas Tsai, associate professor of health policy and management and one of the study's authors, said in a [...]