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Splash Pad coming soon to Pittsburg
A new city project is making a big "splash" in Pittsburg. A new splash pad will soon be coming to Schlanger Park. This will be replacing the old fill and drain pool which previously had existed in the park since the…
New website maps local historic sites in Southeast Kansas
Like local history? Then you’ll love Southeast Kansas History Online. Simply navigate to the SEK History homepage at sekhistory.com, on either desktop, tablet or mobile, and you’re ready to start exploring. Did we mention that it’s absolutely free, thanks to…
Senate rejects health club tax exemption
The Kansas Senate late Friday rejected an agreement between committees from both chambers on a property tax bill after including a highly scrutinized property tax exemption for health and fitness clubs. House Bill 2313 includes provisions to provide financial relief for…
Plan could give $500M to businesses
Republicans pushed a plan through the Kansas Legislature early Saturday that could provide roughly $500 million to small businesses to offset losses tied to state and local restrictions meant to check COVID-19’s spread last year. The measure would require the…
Single-family homes increase in price by $36,000 due to lumber shortage: study
A lumber shortage amid a red-hot housing market has caused the price of single-family homes to jump approximately $36,000 since last April, a new study finds. The analysis, from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), emerges as lumber prices…
Dollar General could be coming to Garden Plain
... Garden Plain city officials announced that Dollar General is looking to open a store in that community. The company pulled permits for construction earlier that day. ... Angela Petkovic of Dollar General public relations said Thursday that company is…
Gypsum Pie Festival and Car Show
Tasty pies and classic cars. That sounds like a recipe for a fun weekend. Today, we’ll learn about a rural community which combines those things for a big community festival every year. Sandy Kruse is the mayor of Gypsum, Kansas.…
Investors back off view that Fed could raise rates in late 2022
U.S. investors who had been betting the Fed would raise rates as early as the end of next year abruptly retreated from those positions on Friday after a disappointing April employment report and now see the earliest the Fed might…
One more chapter: Administrator Ron Marsh to leave Clearwater for Abilene
A new chapter will begin June 1 for Ron Marsh. That’s when Clearwater’s city administrator will take on the same role in the city of Abilene. The Clearwater city council accepted Marsh’s resignation at its meeting on April 27. It’s…
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