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Study: Eliminating most flooding on Buhler Road could cost $4.5 million
A study by a Wichita engineering firm tasked with looking at how to reduce flooding on Buhler Road from the Little Arkansas River pegged the cost at nearly $4.5 million. That figure includes both raising the roadway by several feet…
Louisburg considers concept for downtown pavilion
The community might be getting a new downtown public venue. The Louisburg City Council voted 5-0 on Nov. 18 to move forward with the design of a downtown pavilion that would be built on the empty lot next to the…
Affordable Housing board asks whether portion of sales tax revenue should fund housing vouchers, other social services
The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board is asking whether part of the money from the city’s affordable housing sales tax should be earmarked for social services such as housing vouchers. The board had the discussion at its meeting Monday, following…
Hutch buys 3 properties for flood control
The city of Hutchinson is buying two houses and one vacant lot in an area east of South Plum Street as part of its strategy to reduce flooding. The Hutchinson City Council approved negotiated contracts to buy: • A three-room…
Topeka group opposes reducing stretch of S.W. 12th to one lane
By planning to rebuild the two-lane S.W. 12th Street as a one-lane street between S.W. Topeka and Gage boulevards, Topeka’s city government is clearly going against the will of most people who would be affected, members of a recently formed…
Wichita proposes longer term limits for mayor and city council
Wichita’s mayor and city council members could decide Tuesday whether they should be able to serve an extra four years. Under a city law passed by voters in 1991, Wichita’s mayor and council members are limited to two consecutive four-year…
‘Hurt our hearts’: Kansas town grieves 4 children killed in Thanksgiving Day wreck
A small town in north-central Kansas is grieving the loss of four children who died Thanksgiving Day when the vehicle they were in overturned and became submerged in a pond. They were headed with their mother and her boyfriend to a nearby…
Mission gears up for change in trash collection provider, with WCA to take over Jan. 1
Be on the lookout, Mission residents: soon enough, garbage bins and trucks with a new logo will be on the streets. WCA, a Houston-based waste management company, will start as Mission’s new solid waste collection provider starting Jan. 1, 2020.…
Wichita area’s second-biggest employer announces layoffs
One of Wichita’s largest employers will reduce its staff but the company isn’t saying by how many. On Thursday, Textron Aviation announced it would lay off “some professional positions” effective Dec. 31. A Textron spokesperson wouldn’t release any additional information…
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