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Wave gets Naftzger Park entertainment, booze contract; competitors say bid process unfair
City Hall turned over control of events and alcohol sales at the new Naftzger Park to the Wave venue on Tuesday, despite complaints from competing vendors who questioned the process and called it a “sweet deal” for the popular downtown…
Five years after upholding it, Prairie Village city council votes to repeal ban on pit bulls
Following a lengthy public input session in which more than 20 people lobbied the council to take the step, the Prairie Village City Council on Monday repealed the city’s ban on pit bulls. The move comes nearly five years after…
Motion to rescind tax abatement for Dimensional Innovations fails after tense discussion among Overland Park council
An effort to rescind a tax abatement for an Overland Park architectural design company failed Monday night ... It was an early look at how the council members may interact with each other on what is likely to become an…
KDOT’s Cost Share Program accepting applications for spring 2020
After a highly successful first round of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Cost Share Program last fall, a second round of applications are now being accepted for spring 2020. Applications will be accepted from Feb. 3 through April 15. The…
Kansas homeowners concerned by state’s rising property taxes
When Mary Coffman and her husband moved to Overland Park from Oklahoma City in 2014, they found a comparable home – and expected their property taxes to be about the same, too. They were wrong. The retirees went from paying…
Retirees wary of plan to refinance KPERS debt
Virgil Funk is nervous about Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposal to refinance the pension obligations of retired state workers and public teachers. Funk, 82, retired in 1998 after working for 27 years as an educator in Topeka schools. He joined about…
STAR bond attraction progresses
A new attraction in Derby’s STAR bond district has moved forward with developers predicting that work will likely begin this May and be completed in the spring of 2021. Called the Derby Sports Zone, the indoor and outdoor sports center…
Reno County receives federal grant to fight opioid addiction
The Reno County Health Department is one of 21 organizations nationwide that has been selected to receive federal money to help fight opioid addiction in rural America. The department will receive a chase of $14.8 million in funding that will…
Labette County Board of Commissioners announce decision to close Parsons Judicial Center
Monday afternoon, The Labette County Board of Commissioners released their decision to close Parsons Judicial Center except when court is actually in session. This comes after Labette County Judge Oliver Kent Lynch’s decision to hear cases in the Oswego Courthouse,…
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