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Hiawatha Commission bids farewell to City Clerk
At Monday’s meeting of the Hiawatha City Commission, City Clerk Tish Sims, who has been with the city for nearly four years, made it official that she will be leaving the position, thanking the commission for her time in Hiawatha…
Sedgwick County commissioner with personal knowledge of Ukraine asks for prayers for the people
The chairman of the Sedgwick County Commission has a unique perspective on the situation in Ukraine. Commissioner David Dennis is a veteran. He says he spent three years in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. During the Board of County Commissioners…
Horse in Wichita Police Department Mounted Unit dies
In a Facebook post from the Wichita Police Foundation on Tuesday, they announced the death of Scout, a saddlebred paint gelding who had been serving with the Wichita Police Department Mounted Unit since 2014. "Scout was fearless, not afraid of…
Wichita City Council approves SAFER Grant application for fire department staffing
Wichita City Council is asking for millions of dollars to help the Wichita Fire Department (WFD). This SAFER Grant would add somewhere between 36 and 39 firefighters to WFD's staff. The additional staff would be added to two brand new…
Baxter Springs welcomes back former officer as new police chief
Law enforcement in southeast Kansas is getting a brand new face -- but it's one that's pretty familiar in a different part of the Four States. It's the new police chief for the Baxter Springs Police Department. Brian Henderson is…
Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport receives KAIP funding
Thirty-six projects have been selected for Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP) funding for the purpose of planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports. “Grant programs such as the Kansas Airport Improvement Program make projects like these possible, and…
New e-scooters arrive in Overland Park
Overland Park Mayor Curt Skoog took a ride on a Bird scooter Tuesday afternoon around downtown to celebrate the official launch of a two-year pilot program for the electronic devices. The program is similar to other rental scooter programs in…
Douglas County Commission to allow mask mandate to expire
As new COVID-19 cases have continued to drop in Douglas County, commissioners on Wednesday evening were set to let a countywide mask mandate expire. An emergency health order with a countywide mask mandate went into effect Jan. 7 as the…
Council vote halts years-long effort to outsource management of city golf courses
A decade-long effort to hire a private company to manage Wichita's city-owned golf courses has failed again. In a 5-2 vote, the City Council decided not to contract with Illinois-based Kemper Sports, with vice mayor Becky Tuttle and Council member Bryan Frye casting the…
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