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Badges and Burgers
The Pittsburg Fire and Police Departments Fire Up the grill to help kids in the neighborhood. It was the annual badges and burgers event. This year, the proceeds go to the Children’s Advocacy Center. The center provides child safety specialists who serve…
Lenexa exempting itself from state law requirement for official city newspapers
The city of Lenexa no longer has The Olathe News as an official city newspaper for publishing legal notices. City leaders have agreed to exempt Lenexa from K.S.A 64-101, the state law regarding official city newspapers. And The Johnson County…
County takes step toward creating Family Park master plan
A comprehensive master plan for southwest Topeka’s Family Park, featuring trails and pickleball courts, should be complete in three to five months, Shawnee County parks and recreation director Tim Laurent said Monday. He spoke after County Commissioners Bill Riphahn, Kevin…
Wichita will receive $14.2 million grant to replace transit center
The City of Wichita will receive $14.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to build a replacement transit center to meet current and future regional transportation needs. The building will connect 17 bus routes, four circulator trolleys, commuter…
Barton County extends rent-free agreements for two agencies
As a means of community support, the Cottonwood Extension Council and the State of Kansas Parole Office are housed in the county office building at 1208 Kansas in Great Bend. Each agency gets to stay there rent free but reimburses…
Commission approves 2020 funding for senior centers
Butler County commissioners unanimously approved contracts for senior centers within the county at their Nov. 19 meeting. Senior centers within Butler County will receive a slight increase in funding budgeted by the commission for fiscal year 2020. “We try to…
Pawnee Mental Health receives USDA grant to expand telemedicine and rural access to mental health
Rural access to mental health care is expanding in Kansas thanks to a $42.5 million US Department of Agriculture grant announced last week. Those dollars are being invested in 133 distance learning and telemedicine projects including Manhattan-based Pawnee Mental…
2019 local consult meetings wrap up in Liberal and Colby
This was the takeaway message from the local consult meetings in Liberal and Colby this week. With the completion of these two meetings, KDOT has now hosted 16 local consult meetings across the state this summer and fall. And, it…
Derby residents concerned about littering from free newspapers left in yards
The City of Derby says The Wichita Eagle's free newspaper, Neighbors, is distributed to approximately 6,800 households each week. Some residents, like Nick Sharp, are concerned that the paper is causing littering in the city. "It's just accumulating more trash,…
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