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<div style="color: #333;">JoCo cities largely require owners to keep dogs leashed — What happens if they aren’t?</div>
For Sara Swanson, the lead behavioral specialist at Lenexa-based dog training company Sit Now Stay, leashing dogs is a must. When she was a child, a dog overpowered its owner and attacked her dog. So her advice for clients regarding…
<div style="color: #333;">Clay Center Zoo Celebrates Willie’s First Anniversary</div>
The Clay Center Zoo is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Willie, its Asian water monitor, with a “gotcha day” celebration event Sunday, August 16 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The zoo will host a Sundae Social Meet and Greet and visitors will…
<div style="color: #333;">How Coffeyville, Kansas created the ICEE and changed frozen beverages forever</div>
A broken soda machine in a small Kansas town sparked an idea that would transform the frozen beverage industry and become a staple at movie theaters and convenience stores worldwide. An ICEE is a frozen carbonated beverage with a distinctive…
<div style="color: #333;">City warns of mountain lion seen near Liberal park</div>
A western Kansas community is being urged to be vigilant after a mountain lion was spotted near a popular park. The City of Liberal said Monday that a mountain lion was seen near Arkalon Park, about 10 miles northeast of…
<div style="color: #333;">Rural hospitals in Kansas team up to fight rising costs</div>
HaysMed, NMC Health in Newton, Clara Barton in Hoisington and the Pawnee Valley Community Hospital in Larned have teamed up with three other rural Kansas hospitals to form what’s known as a clinically integrated network in an effort to increase…
<div style="color: #333;">A second chance builds a fire department</div>
Hillsboro fire chief Ben Steketee will retire Monday after what he candidly describes as a 25 year second chance career. In 2021, after three years as a star volunteer firefighter, he was elevated by then-Mayor Dolores Dahlke to take the…
<div style="color: #333;">Gardner could get a 15,000-seat concert venue, media school, apartments and shopping just off I-35</div>
A new proposal for an arts and entertainment complex in Gardner is pushing big plans for a 335-acre space on the north side of I-35 at 175th Street. Velocity Arts is a mixed-use plan comprised of many pieces, including a…
<div style="color: #333;">Humboldt faces costly sewer plant fix</div>
With their backs against the wall, Humboldt Council members voted Monday evening to pursue costly renovations to their wastewater treatment plant. “We’ve kicked the can down the road for 10 years. I wish we had 10 more, but we don’t,”…
<div style="color: #333;">License plate readers: Sheriff talks cost of constant surveillance</div>
The Allen County Sheriff’s Department announced it will no longer subscribe to get information from automated license plate reader cameras set up major highways throughout the county. While Maness recognizes arguments about civil liberties, his primary reason for ending the…
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