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Bridge project outside Larned among KDOT bids awarded

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The Kansas Department of Transportation recently awarded four bridge repair projects in south-central Kansas, including a $1 million project in Pawnee County that’s expected to take almost four months. PCI Roads LLC of Saint Michael, Minnesota was awarded the project to repair Bridge 29 on the K-19 spur, crossing the Arkansas River on the south side of Larned. It was one of two projects awarded to PCI in the county. (Read more: Local - The Hutchinson News)

KDWPT feels ‘substantial’ funding dip after flooding closures, damage

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Rain and flooding “seriously affected” more than half of Kansas’ 28 state parks, and some parks on the state’s eastern half remain closed or partially closed. It’s premature, said Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Brad Loveless, to quantify the financial hit to the parks until the water recedes and campsite cancellation refunds become clearer. In a month or two, he said, they will have a better handle on lost revenue and the cost of repairs and renovation. (Read more: Local - The Topeka Capital-Journal)

‘The Common Ground’ mural project kicks off Saturday

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Michael Toombs couldn’t help smiling as he looked at the work being done Saturday morning on a mural project on the north side of the Law Enforcement Center, in the 100 block of S.E. 3rd. What had been a blank white wall was being transformed into a colorful mural that will brighten up the entire area on the north end of downtown Topeka. But more importantly, Toombs said, the mural project is bringing police officers and Topeka residents together. (Read more: Local - The Topeka Capital-Journal)

City considering extra cent of sales tax for another district

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Some people really dislike paying an extra penny or two of sales tax. That became clear as Capital-Journal Facebook readers reacted mostly negatively last month when the city of Topeka formed its sixth Community Improvement District, in which customers pay increased sales tax and the revenue goes to help developers pay renovation or development costs. “No thanks!” Charles Criqui commented on the newspaper’s Facebook page. “They can pay for their own renovations.” (Read more: Local - The Topeka Capital-Journal)

Wichita seeks to build six-level parking garage, bus station near new ballpark

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Wichita plans to build a six-level, 543-space parking garage and bus station near its new ballpark, according to city documents. It’s projected to cost as much as $17.5 million. The new development is envisioned as a “Delano Multimodal Center and Park-N-Ride” that would cut down expected traffic congestion in Delano and downtown. It would provide people “a place to park their vehicles and go to work, enjoy the downtown, Delano District or patronize an entertainment venue by using the Q-Line, Transit buses, scooters, bicycles or walking,” a city staff report included with the plan says. Detailed plans for the garage and [...]

Local summer food service programs create communal spaces

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The basketball courts neighboring Lee Richardson Zoo and The Big Pool were at once warm, lazy and busy in Thursday’s early afternoon as several dozen children and parents turned a Meals on Wheels distribution site into a time to be outside and be together. Garden City USD 457 and Holcomb USD 363 both coordinate food service programs for children and adults during the summer, providing hot and sack breakfasts and lunches almost every weekday through June and July. Each reach hundreds of hundreds of children each summer. (Read more: News - SJ News Online - St. John, KS)

Kansas A to Z: ‘Q’ is for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

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STAFFORD — The East and West merge just 30 miles west of Hutchinson, Kansas — quite literally. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge — 30 miles west of Hutchinson and 35 miles southeast of Great Bend — covers the area where the tallgrass prairies of the east and shortgrass prairies of the west meet and mingle. That merger, along with the area’s salt marsh wetlands, creates a haven for many migratory birds, mammal and reptile species, and more that is unique to central Kansas. (Read more: News - SJ News Online - St. John, KS)

Kansas A to Z: ‘P’ is for Plaza Theatre

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OTTAWA — Taking a drive down the Historic Main Street in Ottawa, a marquee sign sticks out over the sidewalk. You may be surprised to see the latest movie available in the small town. Ottawa is home to the Plaza Cinema, a movie theater that holds the distinction as the oldest cinemas in the world. The Plaza opened on May 22, 1907, but was originally named The Bijou. It was also called The Yale and The Crystal before opening as The Plaza in 1935. (Read more: News - SJ News Online - St. John, KS)

Pittsburg Public Library eliminates overdue fines

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PITTSBURG — Did you get sucked into your book, enchanted by the words within and now you are several days late on your library book? As of June 1, Pittsburg Public Library has eliminated overdue fines. The Pittsburg Public Library Board of Trustees approved the new policy on overdue, lost or damaged items on May 8. “We have been talking about this for quite a while, because we do recognize that —and we’ve heard from kids themselves — they just don’t come to the library or avoid it because of the fear of accumulating library fines,” PPL Director Bev Clarkson said. Clarkson said [...]

Westwood City Council directs staff to draft non-discrimination ordinance; Roeland Park updates NDO language

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After neighboring cities Mission Woods and Westwood Hills passed their own non-discrimination ordinances in recent months, the Westwood city council on Thursday directed city staff to begin drafting an ordinance of its own. Such ordinances, which provide legal protections for LGBTQ+ residents and employees that are not offered under current federal or state law, have now been passed by six Shawnee Mission area cities: Mission Woods, Westwood Hills, Mission, Merriam, Prairie Village and Roeland Park. Mission Hills has been considering an NDO as well. (Read more: Prairie Village Post - Neighborhood news and events for Prairie Village, Fairway, Mission Hills)