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Sedgwick County asks Legislature for power to clean up eyesores and stinky nuisances
This could be the year that Sedgwick County gets the authority to go in and clean up neighborhood nuisances that have persisted for years, including an unsightly pile of debris near west Wichita and a stinky house in Oaklawn south…
Thieves target car part as new ‘gold rush’ in Wichita, deputy chief says
Yassine Sadkhi had a customer looking at a used truck last month at his Atlas Motors on South Broadway. At first, the truck wouldn’t start, but when it finally did it made a loud but familiar noise. The catalytic converter…
Marion council members inspect new electric car charging station
Marion city councilmen got an up-close look at two new charging stations for electric cars Monday. The chargers, at the west edge of the Historic Elgin Hotel parking lot, have already been used for an electric car owned by Kansas…
Residents create new welcome for The Highlands
Residents of The Highlands finished work last week on a new entrance sign at their small, fledgling city north of Hutchinson. A comment from a Realtor last year, who noted the existing sign didn’t project the image of a new,…
KS hospitals refusing rural COVID transfers
Kansas hospitals are turning away more than 100 transfer patients a month as smaller, local hospitals continue filling up at an alarming rate. In May, at the beginning of the pandemic, the University of Kansas Health System denied 40 transfers…
Kansas puts vaccine priority on grocery, meatpacking workers
Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday that Kansas considers meatpacking plant workers and grocery store employees essential workers, putting them just behind health care workers and nursing home residents for coronavirus vaccines. ... Kelly said Kansas’ vaccine plan calls for the…
Soda fountain in Cimarron endures
The old-fashioned soda fountain on the corner of U.S. Highway 50 and Main Street has always been a staple in Cimarron, Kans. Generations of kids made the soda fountain the after-school hangout, while generations of adults got together for conversation…
Ark City miniature Christmas display still on, with limits
The COVID-19 pandemic has created problems around the world, including the North Pole. The North Pole Kansas in Arkansas City, that is. Because of the virus, the traditional display of ceramic buildings at 500 S. Summit St., will be scaled…
Galena hosts Christmas Parade
A Kansas city is getting in the holiday spirit. Saturday afternoon Galena held a Christmas Parade down Main Street. Local law enforcement agencies, the fire department and other organizations were in the parade. Parade goers say they are happy this…
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