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Mask mandate defeated in Sedgwick County
The Sedgwick County Commission voted Friday evening to effectively reject a mask mandate in indoor public spaces — after multiple physicians pleaded with the commission to require face-coverings and an anti-mask activist threatened to show up outside commissioners’ homes if…
How the Sedgwick County Zoo grew from an empty field to 115 acres of animals and fun
It a was drizzly, uncomfortably chilly day in October 1969, and the one-time milo field that would soon be home to the Sedgwick County Zoo was a muddy, mucky mess. A little over 50 years later, though, all Barb Hoppins…
Masons donate to improve basketball court in Burden
The Kansas Masonic Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to benefitting Kansas communities, has partnered with Clinton Lodge No. 233 to donate $1,000 to Kansas Pride of Burden, an organization dedicated to encouraging and assisting local government and volunteers in making…
On the frontier, trains brought progress. They still do.
When the first passenger train to Wichita arrived the night of Thursday, May 16, 1872, it seemed the entire town had waited up to meet it. Rolling up to the wooden depot on Douglas, the steam train and its 44…
Alma celebrates 12th annual ‘Hot Alma Nights’ car show
The 12th annual "Hot Alma Nights" took place in downtown Alma on Saturday to raise money for cancer research. Hot Alma Nights started in 2009 as a way to support Relay for Life of Wabaunsee County. The organizers decided to…
Evil Knievel museum to repay incentives if it moves to Vegas
If the Evil Knievel museum does move from Topeka, Kansas, to Las Vegas, the owner of the museum dedicated to the daredevil has pledged to repay $117,000 it has received from the city since it opened in 2017. It was…
COVID surge overwhelming hospitals
The calls in search of a bed come from hospitals in Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. “At this point, we have to kindly decline,” said Chuck Welch, the vice president at Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System. “We can’t help them.” The…
Families in rural Kansas facing child care dilemma. This couple called 12+ providers before finding spot.
The child care that Zach and Aubrey Woolf had lined up for their 10-month-old daughter was closing, just a couple of weeks before Aubrey started back at her job with the local school district. The news sent them scrambling. They…
God’s country: Heaven and hell
The water issue is a statewide one, experts underscore, but it is perhaps at its most acute in western Kansas. The region is powered by the Ogallala Aquifer, which spans a half-dozen states and at174,000 square miles is one of…
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