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Girard residents to receive free meals thanks to grant
Starting this Friday, Girard residents will be eligible for free meals through a grant. Greenbush and the city of Girard partnered together to offer this with CDBG funds. Residents can get free meals from September 18th through the 25th at…
Continuing mask order in Johnson County, Kansas, will go up for debate this week
Johnson County, Kansas, leaders will consider whether to keep requiring residents to wear masks this week. It comes after a county commissioner falsely claimed the mask mandate had already been lifted. ShananiGanns Boutique in Shawnee is chock full of unique…
Basehor establishes Municipal Services Department
The city of Basehor has created a new Municipal Services Department. City Administrator Leslee Rivarola said in a news release that the department will oversee all public infrastructure in Basehor. This will include building permits and inspections. According to Rivarola,…
The Federal Reserve will stay on hold until 2023, according to CNBC survey
In the first CNBC Fed Survey since the Federal Reserve announced its new, more dovish monetary policy strategy, respondents now forecast no rate hikes from the central bank until 2023. The results are a potential first sign that the Fed's…
A production company is filming a Netflix-funded documentary at Haysville’s Campus High
Haysville, Kansas, is getting a shot at stardom. Some of its high school students are, at least. A New York City television production company called Left/Right Productions now has at least three camera crews at Haysville’s Campus High School following 10 different seniors…
The Keeper statue stolen from Planeview Park has been recovered
The Keeper statue that was taken from Wichita’s Planeview Park by vandals over the weekend has been found and returned to Together Wichita, the group that initiated the Keeper 150 project. But it’s so badly damaged that it’s not likely…
COVID-19 cases increase, McPherson reconsiders mask ordinance
Cases of COVID-19 have increased in McPherson County, leading city commissioners to reconsider the mask ordinance. Just last week the city commission voted unanimously to allow the mask ordinance to expire. “I am less impacted by petitions and comments and…
Mission police officers who answered shooting call near Highlands Elementary among those honored at recent ceremony
Officer Jay Fleer (right) and Samantha Kunzler-Bryant (middle) receive the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police Gold Award for Uncommon Valor in connection to their response to the March 2019 Highlands Elementary shooting incident. Photo submitted by Emily Randel. The…
The Fed could could still move markets Wednesday even with rates on hold for the foreseeable
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the January 28-29 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, in Washington, DC on January 29, 2020. While committed to keeping interest rates low for the next several years, the…
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