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Labette County allows OT for court safety
Labette County commissioners will allow the sheriff’s department to rack up extra overtime to provide security for the full-time courtroom in Oswego. The sheriff’s department has limited overtime built into its budget, but the court change this week required Sheriff…
Explore Lenexa City Center’s civic campus
Over the last few years, Lenexa City Center has become a Johnson County destination. Located near 87th Street Parkway and Renner Boulevard, west of Interstate 435, this vibrant neighborhood is the result of the vision and hard work of dedicated residents more…
Johnson County commission opens public comment period on bus route reductions despite 2 members’ concerns
People who ride the bus and their allies gave the Johnson County Commission an hour’s worth of reasons they should think twice before cutting routes and reducing service as planned in a couple of months. Not only would the route…
Winfield to curb curbside recycling
Recycling options provided by the City of Winfield will change soon in response to a changing market for recyclables, city manager Taggart Wall said Friday. According to Wall, beginning this spring only corrugated cardboard will be accepted for curbside pickup…
Winfield chosen as site of proposed $80 million power plant
A new power plant addition is proposed to be constructed at the site of the current E. 12th St. Power Plant in Winfield. When the City Commission met in its work session on Thursday, a new generation resource to benefit…
Commissioners hear about security issues at Winfield courthouse
The need to improve courthouse security was one of the subjects discussed in the Cowley County Commissions first work session Thursday morning. The session, at which no action was taken, lasted almost three hours and covered four topics. It provided…
Ark City could lose millions if all residents aren’t counted in census
Arkansas City lost out on an estimated $30 million in the past decade because not all of its population was counted in the last census, according to a presentation Thursday. That’s one reason the Ark City Complete Count Committee wants…
Couch will be next superintendent at USD 364 Marysville
Michael Couch, 55, was named new superintendent of Marysville’s public schools Friday. Couch has 33 years of experience in education with nine of those as a superintendent. He was superintendent in Haviland for two years and has spent the past…
Kansas college students can learn to fix tractors for free
Students in Kansas can learn how to fix tractors free of charge at two community colleges through a tech program partnership with the manufacturing giant John Deere. The Hutchinson News reports that students can enroll in the free-tuition agricultural tech…
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