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Google considering big data center project in KC with initial $600 million investment

info2019-07-22T16:56:13-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

International technology giant Google is considering an expansive data center project in Kansas City, North, with an initial investment of $600 million. The Port Authority of Kansas City’s Board of Commissioners on Monday voted to approve bond documents for what had been called Project Shale, but is in fact Google’s latest data center project in the Midwest. Tech giants like Google and Facebook have built data centers in states like Iowa and Nebraska to take advantage of cheaper land, alternative energy sources and central locations to house servers and other data components to support their far-flung web operations. (Read more: KC [...]

Chris Payne, Heartland Park file suit against Shawnee County clerk

info2019-07-22T22:07:50-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

Shelby Development LLC, owned by Heartland Motorsports Park owner Chris Payne, filed a lawsuit this past Friday in Shawnee County District Court against Shawnee County clerk Cynthia Beck. The 14-page suit, which lists Beck as defendant, includes three counts of alleged violations of the Kansas Open Records Act by Shawnee County pertaining to 2016 and 2017 appraisals for Heartland Motorsports Park, formerly Heartland Park Topeka. Count I of the petition pertains to alleged Kansas Open Records Act violations related to an April 2017 KORA request while Count II pertains to a March 2018 request and Count III to a February 2019 [...]

Auburn-Washburn school board hears proposal to allow chicks in classrooms

info2019-07-22T22:07:20-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

The Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 Board of Education meeting on Monday featured an unusual topic. “Let’s talk about chickens,” Ann Matthews, executive director of teaching and learning, told the board. Matthews wanted the board to revisit an old policy that prohibits teachers from bringing baby chicks into the classroom. The policy was created, Matthews said, during the peak of the bird flu epidemic and has never been reconsidered. (Read more: Local - The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Mother expresses gratitude for Backpack for Kids; deadline to register Monday

info2019-07-22T13:51:57-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

When Wendy’s 7-year-old daughter gets her new backpack and school supplies every summer, she is super excited. “She get’s so excited,” her mother said. “Her eyes light up.” Wendy is brought to tears. She tears up because she is humbled by the gift. Volunteers pack items for the Backpack for Kids program. Donations are still need. See a list below. Wendy’s daughter is one of about 650 children who annually receive new backpacks and school supplies from the Backpack for Kids program, which is sponsored by First Call for Help. The deadline to register for the program is Monday. Students entering [...]

Early voting for local election primaries to start Monday morning

info2019-07-22T13:48:56-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

Starting at 8 a.m. Monday morning, Sedgwick County voters can cast their votes for local election primaries. There will be two races on the ballot for voters in Wichita including the race for a new mayor and an open spot on the Wichita School District School Board. Voters in Sedgwick County can head to the main election office downtown from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. through Friday, and again next week. Voters will need to have an ID with them to vote. (Read more: KAKE - News)

Recommendation calls for senior centers to lose funding

info2019-07-22T13:46:21-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

The Papan’s Landing, LULAC and East Topeka senior centers each received more than $13,000 in social services funding this year from the City of Topeka, as did Community Action’s Latino Family Development program. But none of those would get any money next year under a recommendation the city’s mayor and council plan to consider this week outlining specifically how the city would allocate $434,904 in available funding to social service agencies. Some in the community have spoken critically of that, with city council candidate Christina Valdivia-Alcala telling the council’s social services grant committee this past week that the city would be [...]

Shawnee Mission brings on first-ever coordinator of diversity, equity and inclusion

info2019-07-22T13:42:52-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

For the past several years, a group of Shawnee Mission parents have been urging the administration to improve diversity and inclusion efforts across the school district. On July 1, a new staff member joined the district with the task of addressing just that. Tyrone Bates, Ed.D., is the school district’s first ever coordinator of diversity, equity and inclusion. Bates comes to Shawnee Mission with nearly two decades of experience as a classroom teacher and administrator. He spent the bulk of his career as a teacher and building administrator in Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools, and spent a year as the principal [...]

Attorney General charges former Kan. county clerk with felony misuse of public funds

info2019-07-22T13:34:29-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

The Kansas Attorney General’s office has charged the former Marshall County Clerk with felony misuse of public funds, according to Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The charges were filed against Sonya L. Stohs, 44, of Marysville, late Tuesday in Marshall County District Court, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. The complaint alleges from May 2013 to April 2019, Stohs used funds belonging to Marshall County to pay for various personal items, in excess of $100,000. Stohs surrendered to law enforcement this morning at the Marshall County Jail and entered her first appearance this afternoon in Marshall County District Court. The investigation in this [...]

U.S. 281 temporarily closing for repairs

info2019-07-22T13:32:39-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

The Kansas Department of Transportation will temporarily close a portion of U.S. 281 north of the city of Russell starting Monday, July 22. The highway will be closed to through traffic between Shoreline Road and Land Road, or from milepost 146 to 149, for crews to make partial repairs to a slide area that has affected the roadway. KDOT expects to reopen the road to one-lane traffic controlled by a traffic signal by the end of the week, weather permitting. The traffic signal configuration will remain in place until further repairs can be made and be removed once the additional work [...]

USD 309 hires Stroh as interim leader

info2019-07-22T22:10:32-05:00July 22nd, 2019|

Nickerson-South Hutchinson USD 309’s school board hired a former Hutchinson USD 308 administrator to serve as interim superintendent for 11 months.Jeanne Stroh was the director of elementary education and an assistant superintendent for the Hutchinson school district when she worked for the district from 2009 to 2013. In 2013, she left to become superintendent of Ottawa USD 290. She retired from that post at the end of June 2018. (Read more: Local - The Hutchinson News)

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