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Overland Park committee creates canopy streets award
The city of Overland Park Legacy of Greenery committee created the Canopy Street of Excellence award — and named its first-ever honoree recently.Residents on 101st Street from Hemlock Street to Hardy Drive, part of the Pinehurst Estates subdivision, won the…
City Council sides with neighbors, rejects mixed-use plan in east Wichita
In a rare break with the Planning Commission, Wichita’s City Council has rejected a proposed complex of apartments, office and retail service space proposed at the site of a closed-down school in a historically Black neighborhood in east Wichita. Siding…
Johnson County: Schools should mandate masks for unvaccinated
The health department in Kansas’ most populous county urged its public schools Monday to require students and staff who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks indoors when classes resume for the fall. The Johnson County Department of Health and…
Fate of masks in schools this fall
As COVID numbers continue to increase in parts of the state, many school districts are considering masks in the classroom this fall. The Wichita school district has announced masks won’t be required, but that decision could change.... Terri Moses is…
It’s official: The Covid recession lasted just two months, the shortest in U.S. history
The Covid-19 recession is in the books as one of the deepest — but also the shortest — in U.S. history, the official documenter of economic cycles said Monday. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the contraction lasted…
South Hutchinson bridge in need of repair, ownership in question
A bridge in South Hutchinson desperately needs repairs. But before the bill is paid, Reno County and the city need to figure out which one of them actually owns it. The bridge on Scott Boulevard in South Hutchinson was built…
‘Giving patrons a calming place to go.’ Johnson County library gardens grow interest in plants
While Johnson County’s libraries are growing a readership inside, outside their green spaces are growing an interest in botany. Several branches have gardens on their properties for educational or community use. At Corinth in Prairie Village, there’s a large container…
Busy weekend ends Ark City’s 150th celebration
Arkansas City’s five-day, 150th anniversary celebration concluded Sunday with a weekend full of events. A free concert, featuring both Bad Mechanix and BackRhodes, was presented Friday evening in the Wilson Park Rotunda. The concert was sponsored by Burford Theatre Arts,…
Bull riders, ropers and barrel racers from across the country bullseye for the Pretty Prairie Rodeo this week
The PRCA Pretty Prairie Rodeo is ready to roll. According to the group's organizers, this year will bring top cowboys and cowgirls to Pretty Prairie to compete for prize money. Last year's rodeo paid off more than $80,000 in prize…
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