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Commissioners to consider donation for SOS domestic violence assistance group to house all operations in one location

info2019-03-18T11:11:41-05:00March 18th, 2019|

SOS Executive Director Connie Cahoone and Child Advocacy Center Director Lucas Moody updated the Lyon County Commission on the purchase of a new building, capital campaign and renovations during a meeting Thursday morning at the courthouse. SOS offers services in four separate locations — three of which are rented. They recently purchased 1420 C of E Dr., which currently houses KVOE. Cahoone said the radio station will remain in the building. The rest of the building will be renovated to house all SOS staff and services. “This is something that we’ve wanted to do for years,” Cahoone said. “We had a [...]

Topeka asked to OK additional sales tax for Wanamaker retail properties

info2019-03-18T11:09:38-05:00March 18th, 2019|

A development company is asking Topeka elected officials to authorize it to levy a sales tax upon customers, in addition to the sales taxes they already pay, to help finance a proposed $31.4 million project to redevelop property that includes the site of a former K mart at 1740 S.W. Wanamaker Road. Topeka’s governing body plans Tuesday to consider setting an April 9 public hearing at which it would consider establishing a community improvement district, which would levy an additional 1 percent sales tax at the retail properties owned by Fort Wayne, Ind.-based EIG Wanamaker, LLC, at the southeast corner of [...]

Geary County looking at need for future building security upgrades

info2019-03-18T11:07:22-05:00March 18th, 2019|

Future security upgrade needs for Geary County owned buildings are beginning to come into focus. A Homeland Security representative recently toured facilities with county officials. Commissioner Ben Bennett said they found that there were some holes in the security. “We’re working now as a county commission to try and fill those holes up. We thought we had them but there are some certain things we needed to be aware of, so we are assessing those. Of course some of them will cost dollars and we have to figure out where those dollars are going to come from.” Bennett noted that the [...]

Basehor rejoins Leavenworth County Development Corporation

info2019-03-18T11:06:29-05:00March 18th, 2019|

The city of Basehor has rejoined the Leavenworth County Development Corporation. The announcement was made Thursday during a monthly meeting of LCDC’s Board of Directors. The cities of Leavenworth, Lansing, Tonganoxie and Basehor as well as the county government traditionally have provided funding to the economic development organization. But Basehor ended its partnership with LCDC at the end of 2017. Lloyd Martley Jr., who was the Basehor city administrator at the time, said LCDC focuses heavily on industrial business development. But Basehor does not have an industrial park, and city officials were looking for other types of commercial development. Steve Jack, [...]

River floods, continues to rise in Leavenworth

info2019-03-18T11:05:24-05:00March 18th, 2019|

The Missouri River reached its flood stage early Thursday morning in the Leavenworth area. And the river continues to rise, according to the National Weather Service. At 3 p.m. Thursday, the river was at a depth of 21.5 feet in the Leavenworth area. The NWS continues to update the forecast for the river. But a forecast this morning was predicting the river will crest Wednesday of next week at a depth of 29.2 feet. And the river will remain above its flood stage until at least March 24. The river reaches its minor flood stage for the Leavenworth area at 20 [...]

Moundridge Busy With Construction

info2019-03-18T10:39:19-05:00March 17th, 2019|

This Spring and Summer will bring more than blooming flowers and crops in Moundridge, Kansas. The warmer months will bring a wide variety of construction projects to the community totaling over $4 million in private construction activity and nearly 15 million in public construction. Some have already started, but in all, the City is preparing for approximately ten significant public and private construction projects this year. Read more: LinkedIn.

As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling

info2019-03-18T08:25:59-05:00March 17th, 2019|

Recycling, for decades an almost reflexive effort by American households and businesses to reduce waste and help the environment, is collapsing in many parts of the country. ... With fewer buyers, recycling companies are recouping their lost profits by charging cities more, in some cases four times what they charged last year. Amid the soaring costs, cities and towns are making hard choices about whether to raise taxes, cut other municipal services or abandon an effort that took hold during the environmental movement of the 1970s. ... Perhaps counterintuitively, the big winners appear to be the nation’s largest recyclers, like Waste [...]

Idea to change Arkansas City to Etzanoa falling flat

info2019-03-15T08:05:02-05:00March 15th, 2019|

For more than a century, the community 14 miles south of Winfield has been known as Arkansas City. But somebody wants to change the name to Etzanoa, although the idea hasn’t gained much traction. An online petition through the change.org website, started by the Etzanoa Coalition, has only gathered 13 supporters so far. And people associated with the project of Etzanoa, the name of the large Native American settlement being unearthed east of Ark City along the Walnut River, don’t know who is behind the so-called Etzanoa Coalition, and the petition itself does not provide any clues. But that hasn’t stopped [...]

City discusses proposed vaping ordinance

info2019-03-14T21:53:55-05:00March 14th, 2019|

Teresa Briggs of Healthier Lyon County came to the city's Wednesday study session to talk with city commissioners about the possibility of adding vaping to an ordinance that prevents smoking in public places. She also talked about the possibility of boosting the tobacco and vaping age to 21. Vaping, Briggs said, is not covered by the Kansas Clean Air Act, which prevents people from smoking in places of business and other public places. She feels vaping should fall under the same restrictions as smoking. (Read more: Emporia Gazette)

Wichita leaders say new stadium deal will spur development, despite questions over transparency

info2019-03-14T21:46:45-05:00March 14th, 2019|

Wichita's city leaders say they're working to make the process of building a new AAA baseball stadium more transparent. But they say they've had to operate by the minor league's rules and the rules of competition, making public discussion of negotiations difficult. They believe the struggle to balance those different concerns will be worth it for the entire city. Mayor Jeff Longwell pointed to private development apparently already underway around the stadium, as an example of what a good deal this will be for Wichita... even as he says the city is working to make the entire process more transparent. "If [...]

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