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Sedgwick County staffing shortages could lead to raised taxes or a reduction in services
The pandemic has drained the county’s bank account, just like those of many other Kansans. This has been due, in part, to increased healthcare costs to construction prices, to utility raises and commodity shortages. This leaves the county with one…
Shortage of EMTs leads to worries about slower response times
Problems within Sedgwick County’s EMS Department has EMTs leaving and the county trying to find a solution. Currently, there are 20 openings for EMTs at Sedgwick County EMS. EMTs say that the shortage endangers their ability to respond to people’s…
Gov. Kelly celebrates power-pole transparency law: ‘This is what good government looks like’
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly visited a northeast Wichita neighborhood Thursday to promote a law she signed earlier this month requiring more transparency from utility companies before they run powerlines through urban areas. “This is what good government looks like,” Kelly…
Inman Car Show brings together community for first spring outing
Larry Rufener has missed only one Inman car show in the last 31 years, foregoing only the 2020 show. “I keep coming back because of the fried chicken buffet, for one,” he joked. Rufener has owned his now prize-winning 1966…
McPherson Police Department offering facility walk-throughs
National news has recently been filled with incidents of active shooters or mass shootings. While no such incident has occurred in McPherson, recent events in other parts of the country have led the McPherson Police Department to remind community members…
Electric rental scooters could make debut on Overland Park streets this summer
Motorized scooters like those in downtown Kansas City are back on the drawing board in Overland Park after a two-year hiatus. A city council committee Wednesday agreed that the city should pursue a pilot project for a scooter share program…
City of Sedgwick starts on its pocket park
After years of discussion, the pocket park between the Sodality Place and the police department took a major step toward becoming reality when city workers and a concrete crew poured a large (roughly 30×60) slab of concrete in the empty…
Horse trading has potential to save millions for Newton
The City of Newton wants to do some trading with the state. The Kansas Department of Transportation wants to build a new facility near U.S. Highway 50 and Anderson. It needs city infrastructure hookups. he city needs a maintenance building…
World’s biggest disc golf tournament takes over Emporia
Rain or shine, pandemic or not, disc golf is on. The Dynamic Discs Open is hosting some of the best disc golfers from around the country in Emporia from April 28-May 1. Even amateurs can participate or come to watch…
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