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Public safety officials ask for more money to retain employees
Two county officials brought back concerns with salaries and retention of employees to the Bourbon County Commission on Tuesday. Sheriff Bill Martin and Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center Major Bobby Reed spoke to commissioners about losing employees to higher pay…
Flash flooding causing evacuations in North Central Kansas
Emergency evacuations underway in Natoma where 100 people have been displaced due to heavy flooding caused by life-threatening flash flooding. The National Weather Service in Hastings, NE reports between 3 and 6 inches of rain has fallen. Most of it…
Wichita high school student honored for service by police department
Javion Napier is a freshman at South High High School and Wichita and a local entrepreneur. “I started a program about three years ago, I started selling lemonade to help the homeless and now I’ve started to sell hotdogs and…
Last 2 Kansas counties with mask rules ponder new guidelines
The last two Kansas counties that require residents to wear masks to slow the spread of COVID-19 will keep the mandates in place for now to discuss new federal guidelines that loosened mask requirements. Health officials in Douglas and Wyandotte…
Businesses ease restrictions, but some counties, cities, still have mask orders
Kansas is starting to see some changes with the lifting of mask orders, after new CDC guidance for people that are fully vaccinated. The governor's office confirmed with Kansas Capitol Bureau on Friday that counties and cities still have local…
How Sedgwick County teamed with the Black community to fight the pandemic
The news of her brother’s death wasn’t unexpected. But mid-March 2020 would prove to be an extremely unusual time for Margaret, an African American woman in her 70s living in Wichita, and for her family to bury a loved one.…
West Mineral became the site of one of the biggest events of the year
West Mineral became the site of one of the biggest events of the year. It's called the "Big Iron Overland Rally" which took place at the fairgrounds of Big Brutus. This was inspired after the success of the adventure enthusiast…
Parsons Oak Grove School Restoration
An old community staple is preparing to re-open it's doors after being built almost 150 years ago. The "Oak Grove School House" in Parsons will start hosting it's restoration tour this weekend. After the school closed in 1960, talks to…
As Topeka struggles to fill city positions, some ask if residency requirements or salaries are to blame
The city of Topeka sought a stormwater engineer II for three years. Six candidates were interviewed. The position was eventually filled after an employee got the proper license and work in the field for two years to meet the minimum…
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