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Wichita has agreed to pay $195,000 to settle a lawsuit over an accident involving a police vehicle in July 2023. Police officer Whitney Berry, in her patrol car, attempted to make a left-hand turn from a private drive and struck a vehicle driven northbound on Hydraulic Avenue near MacArthur Road on July 20, 2023, court records show. That vehicle was driven by Raymond Sipult, a Wichita resident. Source: Wichita Kansas Local News, Crime & More |

The City of Lawrence is taking applications for funding to help financially stressed property owners rehabilitate their homes, bring properties into compliance with codes and improve energy efficiency. The city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Homeowner Housing Rehabilitation Program is offering property owners two types of loans. Both types are no-interest and no-payment loans, according to a news release from the city. Source: The Lawrence Times

Riley County commissioners on Thursday said meetings with the city are pointless if county commissioners are not allowed to ask questions or participate in discussions. Commission member John Ford said he disagrees with the structure of the joint county and city meetings, calling the current system for updates “pointless.” Source: themercury.com - RSS Results in news of type article

Planning Commission Director Karen Rothe requested the moratorium, because she has been approached by several people about BESS and stated that some of the county’s regulations are unclear. Source: Harvey County Now

As the one-man Department of Public Works Haviland, Wes Adams has a lengthy and varied to-do list every day for the city of 650 in southwest Kansas. Source: TPO Mag via KMU

Buns and Badges was such a success Wednesday evening that the Halstead Police Department had to run to the store to buy more hot dogs. Turnout was estimated at close to 200 people for HPD’s Buns and Badges free swim and hot dog feed on Wednesday night. HPD started with 150 hot dogs. Chief Josh Orem estimated the turnout was between 180 and 200 people. He said they cooked 250 hot dogs and only had 10 or 15 left over. Source: Harvey County Now

Overland Park is taking steps to acquire a seven-story office building near College Boulevard and Metcalf Avenue for $22.5 million that will serve as a future city hall. The nearly 155,000-square-foot building at 6201 College Blvd. is currently home to a variety of office tenants. County land records say that College-Lamar LP, an affiliate of Kansas City-based real estate firm Copaken Brooks, owns it. Source: Johnson County Post

The city of Prairie Village has asked the Johnson County District Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a resident challenging the city’s recently approved $30 million municipal complex project. The city is also asking a judge to hold an expedited hearing, arguing that the lawsuit is preventing the city from issuing bonds for the project ahead of another key vote by the city council. Source: Johnson County Post

If there is a need to prove what the new Lenexa Old Town Activity Center means to the community, the proof, says Logan Wagler, is in the faces of 60 happy summer campers. Wagler, director of Lenexa’s Park & Recreation, said those kids would not have summer camp without the new facility. In the past, the popular summer camp was only possible at the Lenexa Rec Center, which could provide summer camp to only 100 kids each week. “The registration filled up within minutes,” Wagler said. The Lenexa Old Town Activity Center features a new look and added amenities for patrons. [...]

After residents raised alarms over the ways development and redevelopment can compromise a neighborhood’s character and drive up property taxes, the Prairie Village City Council will discuss if they want to explore potential residential development restrictions. The concern is around teardown-rebuilds in particular, which occur when someone buys a property, demolishes the existing structure and builds a new house in its place. The trend has been a source of tension among Prairie Village residents for years as more modest homes are replaced and almost double in value. Source: Local Kansas City Missouri & Kansas News |