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Flags at Half-Staff for 7001 Kansans Lost to COVID-19
In honor of the more than 7,000 lives lost due to COVID-19, and the families they left behind, Governor Laura Kelly today directed flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the state effective immediately to sundown Friday, December 31, 2021. “It is…
Wyandotte County Administrator Doug Bach to retire in January
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas announced that County Administrator Doug Bach will be retiring next month. Bach has served as county administrator since March 2014. Before that, he served as deputy county administrator from 2003-2014…
McPherson County places moratorium on solar energy
McPherson County won’t be seeing any commercial solar energy projects anytime soon. The McPherson County Commission has passed a resolution placing a moratorium on commercial solar energy projects in the county. “Effectively, this would prohibit any commercial solar energy projects…
County Commission honors outgoing Louisburg mayor
County commissioners presented outgoing Mayor Marty Southard with a plaque and a proclamation during the Louisburg City Council meeting Monday, Dec. 20, for his dedication and service to the community. The proclamation declared Dec. 20 as Mayor Marty Southard Day…
Court sets (proposed city of ) Golden hearing for January
The county’s motion to dismiss the Golden appeal will be taken up next month in Miami County District Court. A Zoom hearing has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14. The County Commission voted 3-1 against incorporation of the…
Meeting held Wednesday discussing how to pay to heal Western Kansas following December 15th fires
The Kansas Farm Bureau, Kansas Livestock Association and local community organizations hosted a meeting Wednesday night discussing the disaster assistance available for farmers and homeowners who lost either all or part of their property in the December 15 wildfires. Governor Laura Kelly…
Amid driver shortages, City of Lawrence approves 12% starting wage increase for bus drivers; union anticipates more will be needed
City leaders have approved an approximately 12% increase to the starting wages for local bus drivers as the industry struggles with staffing shortages, and union leaders anticipate more wage increases will be needed. As part of its meeting this week,…
Next phase set to begin for pilot program to reduce cut-through traffic in Old West Lawrence
The pilot program of a new traffic control method in the Old West Lawrence neighborhood is entering its next phase, which will include a review of traffic data and potential revisions to the temporary traffic diverters currently in place. The…
As local COVID cases near 1,000, Douglas County health leaders to again consider mask mandate
Douglas County is on the verge of again having 1,000 active COVID cases, which will lead local health officials to again consider a countywide mask mandate. “The operative word there, though, is ‘consider,'” Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Director Dan Partridge…
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