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Tiny cafe in tiny Kansas town gets big crowds for its Friday-night German buffet

info2018-10-25T07:00:47-05:00October 25th, 2018|

It might be the most Kansas experience you could have. Hop in your car on a Friday night and point it north on I-135. You’ll drive past miles of farm fields, zipping by Newton and Goessel, and after about an hour — not long after you’ve passed the giant, white Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church on K-15 — you’ll arrive in Durham, population 106. When you pull up to the Main Street Cafe, it will appear to be the only business open on downtown’s main drag, and the main drag is a gravel road. Every available parking place will likely be taken. (Read [...]

Haysville approves political sign ordinance in compliance with state law

info2018-10-25T06:52:12-05:00October 25th, 2018|

A controversy concerning political signs in Haysville comes to a solution with the city passing an ordinance that complies with state law. In accordance with the state, yard signs can now be displayed for up to 45 days leading up to an election. The previous law in the city only allowed political signs to remain up for two weeks before they had to be taken down. Haysville's mayor made a case for the previous law , but ultimately the city agreed stepping in line with state law was the best course of action to take. (Read more: KWCH News)

Kansas Attorney General Opinion 2018-15: Electioneering

info2018-10-24T10:36:56-05:00October 24th, 2018|

The mere presence of a person offering non-partisan voter assistance, or signage advertising the same, within 250 feet of the entrance to a polling place does not constitute electioneering so long as such activities do not include acts prohibited by K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 25-2430(a). The offering of non-partisan voter assistance or signage advertising such assistance, by themselves, do not constitute unlawful disorderly election conduct or intimidation of voters unless the person or persons conducting such activities also engaged in conduct prohibited by K.S.A. 25-2413 or K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 25-2415, respectively. Whether the offering of non-partisan voter assistance and education, or the [...]

City Council approves ballpark development agreement

info2018-10-24T10:34:30-05:00October 24th, 2018|

The return of affiliated baseball to Wichita is quickly becoming less of an idea and more of a reality. The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a ballpark development and facility-use management agreement that essentially paves the way for a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium to go up on the site of soon-to-be-razed Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. Including party and group areas that don't include regular seats, between 10,000 and 11,000 is expected to be the capacity for the facility. During the City Council meeting Tuesday afternoon, assistant city manager Scot Rigby said that Pacific Coast League officials on Monday gave their conditional [...]

ONEOK developing new gas pipeline running through Rice and Reno counties

info2018-10-24T10:33:49-05:00October 24th, 2018|

ONEOK is in the process of acquiring right-of-way to construct a new 46-mile underground liquid gas pipeline through Ellsworth, Rice and Reno counties which will end at the company’s fractionation plant west of Hutchinson. The company so far has secured about 18 percent of the necessary right-of-way through contracts with landowners, Michael Gillaspie, ONEOK manager of government relations advised the Reno County Commission Tuesday. “We’re alerting you so that when we do start construction of the pipeline, you’ll be aware,” Gillaspie said. “You’ll start seeing more trucks and piping moving through. Hotels and restaurants will see an uptick with pipeline employees [...]

Lawrence-Dumont demo job awarded to Wichita firm

info2018-10-24T10:31:31-05:00October 24th, 2018|

Bradburn Wrecking Co., Wichita, has been awarded the contract to demolish Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. Members of the Wichita City Council voted Tuesday to accept Bradburn's bid of $178,555.44 to tear down the city's 84-year-old ballpark. H. Excavating earlier this month submitted a cheaper bid (about $146,000) for the work, but that bid was left off a final list of bidders on the city's website. A start date isn't set, but Darren Bradburn said work will begin in the next few days once utilities are cut to the stadium. (Read more: Wichita Business Journal)

City-owned building being demolished in downtown Leavenworth

info2018-10-24T10:30:49-05:00October 24th, 2018|

The demolition of a city-owned building in downtown Leavenworth has started. The city purchased the building at 301 Delaware St. in August for $52,500. City officials purchased the building with plans to tear it down. With the building demolished, officials hope to find a developer for the site. City Manager Paul Kramer said the city already has a couple of leads that will be explored. “If those don’t come through, we will probably look at some sort of active marketing of the location,” he said. The building is located at the same intersection as a new hotel and a recently refurbished [...]

Analysis: Labette County can mine, crush rock cheaper than it can buy it

info2018-10-24T10:29:42-05:00October 24th, 2018|

A study by a Pittsburg State University graduate student concluded that it’s cheaper for Labette County to mine and crush its own road rock than it is to buy the rock from a quarry operator. The Labette County Commission paid John Botts $1,000 to analyze the county’s road rock mining and crushing operation. Botts was to find out if it’s cheaper for the county to crush road rock or buy it on the open market. Botts is working toward a December graduation from PSU with a master of business administration degree. The county purchased a rock crusher in the mid-1990s and [...]

FCC Says Rule Change Could Boost 5G Internet, But Critics Say It Could Hurt Rural Broadband

info2018-10-24T10:26:32-05:00October 24th, 2018|

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-1 on Tuesday to undo Obama-era rules intended to help small companies provide faster wireless internet service. The FCC said the decision will foster more investment and use of the 3.5 gigahertz band, a radio frequency spectrum that can be used for 5G internet service. But small wireless internet service providers said the decision could shut smaller players out — limiting their ability to bid on licenses and deliver broadband in rural areas. (Read more: )

City council reviews denial of ‘erotic’ sports bar

info2018-10-24T10:23:30-05:00October 24th, 2018|

The Wichita City Council chambers became a courtroom Tuesday for several hours, as the council held a hearing for an appeal filed by a south-side “erotic bar.” Vixen’s Erotic Sports Bar has been closed since the city decided not to renew its license to operate. That decision came from a recommendation by the Wichita Police Department. Investigators cited a series of incidents at Vixen’s in the past year, including two homicides and an unrelated undercover investigation involving possible prostitution. The hearing included testimonies from officers who patrol the area, and the bar which they knew all too well. The city’s legal [...]