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Hutchinson City Council OKs new hotel and hires city manager
Hutchinson City Council approved both a new city manager and a new hotel during Tuesday's meeting. Kendal Francis, who is currently the city administrator of Great Bend, will begin work in Hutchinson in January. Francis started in Great Bend in…
City Council approves new contract for Wichita firefighters
Wichita City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a new three-year contract for the city’s firefighters. The contract will provide for a general pay increase of 9 percent along with merit-based step increases. There will also be pay increases…
City input session planned regarding future Aggieville projects
A public input session is planned by Manhattan city officials next week regarding the upcoming Aggieville streetscape projects. City officials are working with design consultants on plans for the next infrastructure phases to improve streets, sidewalks, landscaping and amenities in…
People Are Leaving Kansas in Droves
Across the country, hundreds of thousands of companies have established remote work policies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. No longer bound to an office, millions of Americans are now free to relocate without having to consider proximity to…
Search to begin for new Great Bend city administrator
Great Bend City Administrator Kendal Francis officially announced his resignation before the City Council Monday night. Reading from a prepared statement, an emotional Francis praised the city staff and governing body and urged them to rely on this expertise as…
Halstead Hospital doesn’t receive any bids in auction
According to the online auction site, three of the four properties for sale by Azzy Reckess of New York received bids. The largest bid came in at $340,000 for the apartment complex at 308 Chestnut, across the street from the…
City of Wichita launches landlord incentive program to help with housing voucher backlog
On Tuesday the Wichita city council passed a new incentive program to try to address the issue. Stang says the program will pay out "$1,000 in a one-time payment to any new landlord who's never participated in the program before,…
‘Every second counted’: Leawood honors rescuers who pulled woman from burning car
Three weeks ago, 51-year-old Caroline Kill was pulled from a fiery crash in Leawood by first responders, a dramatic rescue that was caught on a police officers body camera. At a City Council meeting on Monday, Leawood leaders honored her…
Prairie Village is getting heated over a plan to expand affordable housing
An ad hoc committee appointed by the mayor of Prairie Village has submitted recommendations meant to diversify the city's housing stock and affordability. The plan, among other things, would change zoning rules to allow more multi-unit buildings in zones designated for multi-family housing.…
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