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Garden City Big Pool stays for 2020 season

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The pool currently loses almost $1000 in chemicals and 200,000 gallons of water a day. Officials say that won’t change for the next swimming season and city commissioners voted to keep the pool open for one more year. “The commissioners commented that they wanted to give a final goodbye and opportunities for people who don’t live here that maybe once lived here to come back and enjoy the facility one more time,” Assistant City Manager Jennifer Cunningham said. (Read more: KSN-TV)

Pretty Prairie opts out of aerial mosquito spray

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A town in Reno county votes to opt out of an aerial spraying to control mosquitoes in the area. Pretty Prairie will not be sprayed for mosquitoes tonight. The town voted it down after some citizens voiced concerns. Reno County is expected to start the operation this evening. (Read more: KSN-TV)

South Hutch to be included in aerial spraying

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The South Hutchinson City Council voted in a special meeting Wednesday to be included in Thursday night's aerial spraying to kill adult mosquitoes. A blue-and-white twin-engine Piper Aztec was expected to depart about 8:50 p.m. Thursday from Hutchinson Regional Airport and fly over Hutchinson and South Hutchinson first before continuing next to Reno County’s southwest corner. The plane was to reload several times at the [...] (Read more: News - The Hutchinson News)

Southeast Kansas facing mosquito problems following wet weather

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In the wake of major storms this year, state officials have been conducting a statewide mosquito surveillance study, and the results are not looking particularly good for Crawford County."With all the flooding we’ve had there’s been an influx of mosquitoes," County Clerk Don Pyle said at Tuesday’s Crawford County Commission meeting. (Read more: State News - Morning Sun)

USD 383 and Manhattan-Ogden NEA reach tentative agreement on teacher contracts

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A tentative agreement has been reached on teacher contracts for the 2019-2020 school year between the Manhattan-Odgen USD 383 school district and the Manhattan-Odgen NEA. The district said in a Thursday release that the tentative agreement was reached July 11. The Board of Education will vote on ratification following a ratification vote by teachers. The two sides have been in negotiations since April. The new contract includes: *A 6.5 percent total compensation package increase *Increase of $1,750 on the base salary, bringing the starting annual salary for a teacher to $41,000 *Allowed steps and movement on salary schedule *Continued coverage of [...]

Kansas to begin beer, wine sales at Memorial Stadium

info2019-07-18T19:29:44-05:00July 18th, 2019|

Kansas announced Wednesday that it will begin selling beer and wine at home football games this season, joining a growing number of Big 12 schools to offer alcohol sales at sporting events. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said the sales will begin with the season opener Aug. 31 against Indiana State. It is an expansion of a trial program in various venues, including Memorial Stadium, where alcohol has been served in suites and premium seating areas. Kansas averaged just 20,265 fans at home games last season, which is roughly 40 percent of Memorial Stadium’s capacity of just over 50,000. The average [...]

‘It’s going to change your life’: JoCo’s new $1M playground a sign of the future

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On the top of a small hill at Shawnee Mission Park’s new million-dollar playground, children swarm on an elaborate spider web of ropes. Down a wheelchair-friendly ramp to a more shaded area, families swing, slide and clamber over a myriad of structures that spin, bounce or make music. It’s all designed to be fun — and accessible — for kids of different abilities. The inclusive playground highlights a growing trend in the Kansas City area of helping kids with special needs get off the sidelines and into the action. The Kansas City Zoo opened such a playground in 2018, the first zoo [...]

Friday night lights could return to Eureka this season

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It has been more than a year since an EF3 tornado ripped through Eureka, causing widespread damage. The high school football team could not play a home game all last season. But now, there is hope Friday night lights may return soon. “It’s exciting. It gives us an opportunity to show off what we’ve been working on all summer,” said Cade Larcom, a senior on the football team. (Read more: KSN-TV)

Electric car charging stations introduced at turnpike service areas

info2019-07-18T19:17:12-05:00July 18th, 2019|

Electric vehicle drivers will be able to travel the entire 236-mile length of the Kansas Turnpike without ever having to exit to recharge their car’s batteries, thanks to the addition of “fast-charging” stations at the Topeka, Lawrence and Towanda service areas. The announcement came during a news conference Wednesday morning at the turnpike’s Topeka Service Area, located just east of the capital city along Interstate 70. Gov. Laura Kelly, who spoke at the news conference, called the charging stations “a game changer” for electric vehicle drivers. (Read more: Leavenworth Times)

Over neighbors’ objections, Overland Park council OKs developer’s affordable housing project rezoning request

info2019-07-18T19:13:00-05:00July 18th, 2019|

Neighbors petitioned against it, but the Overland Park City Council came down on the side of more affordable housing as they approved rezoning for a small plot of land surrounded by older homes a few blocks west of downtown. The alternative, they feared, would have been big “McMansions” akin to ones Prairie Villagers have seen. Council members unanimously overrode a protest petition from neighbors near 8505 W. 80th Street seeking to block a rezoning that would allow a developer to build four new homes there. (Read more: Prairie Village Post - Neighborhood news and events for Prairie Village, Fairway, Mission Hills)

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