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Shawnee County taxpayers take over ownership of Great Overland Station
Shawnee County is paying $1 to take over ownership of the iconic Great Overland Station in North Topeka. At their meeting this morning, commissioners voted accept a transfer of ownership of the Great Overland Station from Railroad Heritage, Inc. The building…
Chicago adds Kansas to emergency travel order
Kansas has been added to Chicago's mandatory travel quarantine order. According to the city's website, travelers from Kansas will have to quarantine for two weeks upon traveling to Chicago. It will take effect on Friday. During a press conference Tuesday…
49th Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield is postponed until September 2021
Officials from the Walnut Valley Association have announced that the 49th Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield will be postponed until September 2021, according to a news release Thursday afternoon. WVA has been closely monitoring CDC and WHO recommendations related to…
Sedgwick County health officer to issue order closing bars, limiting gatherings to 15 people
Sedgwick County's top health official says he will issue an order to shut down bars and clubs to help control the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Garold Minns, county health officer, said during Tuesday's county commission meeting that the order would…
CarMax will hire 150 more employees in Olathe, doubling 1-year-old office’s staffing
CarMax Inc. is ready to accelerate through and past its desired employee count at its Customer Experience Center in Olathe. One year ago, the Virginia-based auto retailer (NYSE: KMX) opened the company's second stand-alone contact center in a 39,000-square-foot space…
Roeland Park enters agreement with JoCo for work release program
The Roeland Park City Council earlier this month unanimously approved an agreement into enter a work release program with Johnson County. People incarcerated in relation to municipal offenses can now participate in the work release program, which reduces city expenses,…
Gov. Kelly signs order mandating masks in schools
Gov. Laura Kelly has signed an executive order that mandates the use of masks in schools, daily temperature checks and hand sanitizer in each classroom. That order mandates that all students, faculty and staff and vendors entering a school building…
Flint Hills project hopes to ’reclaim’ the prairie
According to Susan Mayo of the newly formed Flint Hills Counterpoint, the tall grass prairie is "the most decimated ecosystem in North America." That’s why the rural Peabody resident has teamed up with documentary filmmaker Cyan Meeks to form Flint…
Historic Sperry property features wildlife in the Pittsburg
Dr. Ted Sperry married Dr. Gladys Galligar in 1935, and in 1946 took a job at Pittsburg State University in southeast Kansas. Three years later the pair of biology professors — notably memorialized today in the name of the local…
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