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Lawrence hosting public reception for outgoing City Manager Tom Markus

info2019-06-18T08:32:24-05:00June 18th, 2019|

The City of Lawrence will soon host a public reception for outgoing City Manager Tom Markus. The reception will take place Tuesday from 5 to 5:45 p.m. in the lobby of City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., according to a city news release. The reception will fall between the presentation of Markus’ recommended 2020 budget, happening from 3 to 5 p.m. in the City Commission room, and the City Commission meeting, which will begin at 5:45 p.m. in the City Commission room. Markus, who began his position in March 2016, announced in September that he planned to retire this year, and [...]

Lawrence City Commission to consider bike boulevard designs, additional $250,000 for project

info2019-06-18T08:31:32-05:00June 18th, 2019|

City leaders will soon consider designs for Lawrence’s first bike boulevards as well as a change that would significantly increase the project’s budget. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving the final conceptual designs for the 21st Street and 13th Street bicycle boulevards and a potential $250,000 increase to the project’s budget. The budget overage would bring the total cost of collecting public feedback, designing the boulevards, and constructing the boulevards to $717,000, according to a city staff memo to the commission from Engineering Program Manager Amanda Sahin. Read more: LJWorld.com.

Opportunity zone officially designated

info2019-06-18T00:04:50-05:00June 18th, 2019|

The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas set in stone a new opportunity zone during its monthly meeting Friday at Trusler Business Center. RDA President Kent Heermann mentioned in his comments that Emporia had gained an opportunity zone. This is a concept that came up at a previous RDA meeting in Nov. 2018 when the parameters for the local opportunity zone were laid out. According to Heermann, the zone is located in census track five. He said it started at the corner of Neosho Street and Sixth Avenue and stretches southeast to the edge of Emporia and into Lyon County. [...]

Kansas, Missouri teamed up to lure USDA jobs to KC. Now, the competition begins

info2019-06-17T23:58:45-05:00June 17th, 2019|

Kansas and Missouri leaders have enticed the federal government into shipping hundreds of high-paying jobs from Washington to Kansas City through an unusual level of cooperation between the two states. But now it’s time for the competition to begin. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it would be relocating two research agencies—and hundreds of jobs—to the Kansas City region. But the USDA didn’t specify which side of the state line will be the new home for the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. (Read more: Government & Politics News |)

USD 428 provides resources to report bullying

info2019-06-17T23:52:24-05:00June 17th, 2019|

In May, the USD 428 Board of Education received the first reading of the Bullying Prevention Plan. In June, the school board passed the revised plan to reflect current bullying prevention guidelines. USD 428 Assistant Superintendent John Popp says there are not many changes except the district now provides more resources to those that feel they’re being bullied. Many cases of reported bullying may be labeled something else once examined. “Almost every situation that comes to a principal or teacher is that a kid is being bullied,” Popp said. “Many times when we investigate we find out it is two kids [...]

This might be the last summer Kan. swimmers enjoy this enormous pool

info2019-06-17T23:50:15-05:00June 17th, 2019|

By CORINNE BOYER Every summer since 1922, locals and tourists have flocked to Garden City’s Big Pool. Once promoted as “the world’s largest outdoor free concrete municipal swimming pool,” it holds around 2 million gallons of water. “Holds” might now be an overstatement. The Big Pool leaks. A lot. Garden City’s Big Pool, nearly a century old, loses 200,000 gallons of water a day. CORINNE BOYER / KANSAS NEWS SERVICE Around 200,000 gallons of water from the pool seep into the ground per day — even after renovations that replaced pipes and sealed cracks in the concrete. Even for a pool of its size, [...]

Reno County Commission to formalize validity of wind farm protest petitions

info2019-06-17T23:46:08-05:00June 17th, 2019|

HUTCHINSON – After the Reno County Commission failed to get a unanimous vote for a conditional use permit for the Next Era Wind Energy wind farm near Haven, that topic will come up again Tuesday. No new decisions are expected other than adopting the resolution determining the validity of protest petitions received opposing the project. Last week, commissioners agreed 46 percent of those petitions were valid. On Tuesday, the commission is expected to pass a resolution making that official. Next week, commissioners will also put into resolution form the official vote to decline the conditional use permit for the wind project. [...]

Here are 3 KC-area office properties likely to draw USDA’s attention

info2019-06-17T23:42:17-05:00June 17th, 2019|

Soon after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it was relocating more than 500 jobs to the Kansas City area, the questions about where in the metro area the jobs would land began. With speculation rampant, the Kansas City Business Journal began to look — and ask — around about the most likely locations for the new office based on what we know about the selection process. Here's a look at the three properties (in no particular order) that can accommodate the USDA's need for 120,000 square feet of Class A office space by the Sept. 30 deadline: (Read more: [...]

Kans for Kids announces grand opening

info2019-06-17T23:34:29-05:00June 17th, 2019|

The new sign is up at 169 S. Main Street in Hoisington for Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer. Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation announces the grand opening of their new office at 169 S. Main, Hoisington, on Thursday, June 27 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The 501-c-3 organization, founded by the Duane Reif family in 1994, has operated out of the Reif home for the past 25 years. According to director Debbie Reif, the organization had outgrown the small space in their home, “The time had come that we needed to find a space for Kans for Kids [...]

City Council takes second vote on electric scooters

info2019-06-17T23:29:11-05:00June 17th, 2019|

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Electric scooters are back on the agenda this week, as Wichita City Council makes their second vote to bring the popular trend to town. Last week, the vote was delayed after a resident raised concerns about the ordinance and how it would impact people with privately owned scooters. But they will be making their next vote on Tuesday An ordinance would allow scooters on slower streets, but not sidewalks. (Read more: KSN.com | Wichita Kansas News and Weather)