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Petition aims to change the name of Wichita’s baseball team
Hours after Wichita learned the name of the city's new Triple-A baseball team, someone has created a petition to change it. Nearly 7,400 people have signed the online petition at Change.org as of 2:45 p.m. Thursday. The name, the Wichita Wind Surge, was revealed…
Construction to begin next year on medical school in downtown Wichita
The city of Wichita has an agreement with a development group to convert four downtown buildings into a medical school, student housing, a culinary school and a hotel. The city council has approved an agreement with Douglas Market Development, which…
Wichita State sophomore ready to step up as mayor of Geuda Springs
A Wichita State University sophomore is managing more than just class and responsibilities as the team manager for the Shocker women's basketball team. Starting in January, 19, soon-to-be 20-year-old Neil Terry will juggle mayoral duties, as well, leading the small…
Downtown Streetscape Project ribbon-cutting ceremony planned
The Downtown Streetscape Project on Santa Fe Avenue will be substantially complete on Nov. 15. The final completion of Campbell Plaza, the Walnut Street intersection and various landscaping items will be complete in early 2020. To celebrate the conclusion of…
Kansas tax council deluged with pleas for tax cuts, fiscal austerity
Gov. Laura Kelly’s tax reform council got an earful Thursday from influential business lobbying groups yearning for hefty tax breaks, while individuals pleaded for a lower state sales tax on groceries and preservation of a tax credit for low-income Kansans.…
McPherson mural inspires book about 1936 U.S basketball team
When Andrew Maraniss, a New York Times bestselling author, first came to McPherson for the first time, he couldn’t help but notice a giant mural painted outside of the McPherson Library. It was the ” McPherson Global Refiners” with the…
Garden City names new fire chief
The City of Garden City announced Monday the appointment of William “Bill” Beaty as the City’s new fire chief. Beaty will fill the position vacated by former Chief Allen Shelton, who retired earlier this year. “Bill’s enthusiasm for the fire…
Grow Hays project aims to build starter homes
Grow Hays, the nonprofit economic development agency for Ellis County, is working on a project to build 18 affordably priced houses in town over the next 24 to 36 months. The homes would ease what Grow Hays executive director Doug…
League of Kansas Municipalities honors Merriam for grant programs aimed at economic development
The Kansas League of Municipalities last month gave the city of Merriam its Inspire-Create-Innovate Community Award in recognition of efforts to engage residents through three specific programs. Merriam undertook three grant programs aimed at improving economic development: the exterior home…
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