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Goddard minors who vape face strict penalties
Goddard minors who pull out a vape for a quick puff will face strict penalties. On Monday, the Goddard City Council voted in favor of an ordinance that will supersede the state penalty of $25 for a minor in possession…
Official who lied about Garden Plain’s drinking water gets probation, fine
A man who used to serve as Garden Plain’s water system operator will spend a year on probation and pay a $1,000 fine for lying about where he got samples used to test the town’s drinking water quality two winters…
Overland Park approves permit for display of moving lights on City Place building at U.S. 69 and College Blvd.
After months of discussion and negotiation, the developers of City Place got the go ahead to roll moving light displays atop four buildings going up at College Boulevard and U.S. Highway 69. The Overland Park City Council granted a special…
Reno County administrator finalists announced
The director of the Reno County Health Department and Finney County’s county administrator are two of three finalists who will be interviewed Wednesday for the Reno County administrator job. The third candidate is a former county administrator from Missouri. The…
Attorney General’s Office to Provide KOMA & KORA Training
The Office of Attorney General Derek Schmidt and will provide public training on open meetings and open records on Tuesday, December 17 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. in Heritage Hall of the Tony’s Pizza Events Center, 800 The Midway. Employees and…
Eureka City Council Approved 1% Sales Tax Ordinance
On Monday, November 25, City Council members voted to officially approve a 1 percent sales tax that will be applied toward construction on River Street. Eureka voters approved the tax in November, during the general election. At their meeting, councilmembers…
5-percent increase in water rates approved for Wichita in 2020 to fund new treatment facility
The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a 5-percent water and sewer rate increase in 2020 to help fund Wichita's new water treatment facility. The rate adjustment, which is expected to gradually increase over the next few years, will…
OP approves $200M in tax incentives for billion-dollar Brookridge project
The long-planned Brookridge redevelopment project won a supermajority approval for more than $200 million in tax incentives during a marathon Overland Park City Council meeting that ran from Monday night into early Tuesday morning. According to the Shawnee Mission Post,…
Zoning discussion to focus on county’s southeast corner
The chair of the Reno County Planning Commission agreed Tuesday to have the planning board take up the question of zoning the southeast corner of the county soon and to leave debate about zoning other parts of the county for…
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