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<div style="color: #333;">Iolans look inward</div>
Iola already has many of the ingredients of a strong community. What it needs now, according to the ideas emerging from a community conversation last week, is a clearer plan for bringing those pieces together and creating a future that…
<div style="color: #333;">Privacy concerns grow over police cameras</div>
Kansans are increasingly clashing with local governments and law enforcement over the use of automated license plate readers. Two Kansas communities have terminated their contracts with camera manufacturer Flock Safety following resident pushback. Read more: CJonline
<div style="color: #333;">Andover’s city administrator named Wichita’s new assistant city manager</div>
Andover’s city administrator, Jennifer McCausland, will leave her position at the suburb and begin her new one in Wichita in late October. McCausland has worked in Andover for more than 15 years. She was promoted to the city administrator position…
<div style="color: #333;">Kansans fear impacts of data centers despite promise of economic benefits</div>
Local government officials consider hyperscale data center development with an eye toward economic benefits and property tax revenue that would allow them to meet Kansas residents’ demands to lower taxes. But in Kansas and nationally, an outcry against data center…
<div style="color: #333;">Mulvane adopts new e-mobility ordinance</div>
During its Aug. 17 meeting, the Mulvane City Council took action to approve an ordinance updating a section of the city code with new regulations on the use of e-mobility devices (e-bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc.). Presented for discussion in July,…
<div style="color: #333;">Data center, BESS questions headed to November ballot after Emporia commission vote</div>
Emporia voters will have their say on two of the most contentious development issues facing the city this year after city commissioners voted Wednesday to place citizen-initiated ordinances addressing high-impact data centers and battery energy storage systems on the November.…
<div style="color: #333;">Flags Lowered to Half-Staff as Nation Mourns Dolly Parton, Celebrates Her Lasting Legacy</div>
Country music icon Dolly Parton, whose influence stretched far beyond the stage and into the homes of millions of children — including families in Lyon County — died Tuesday at age 80. Parton died Aug. 25 following a brief battle…
<div style="color: #333;">Street renamed in honor of fallen Kansas City, Kansas police officer</div>
A Kansas City, Kansas, street has been renamed in honor of a local officer killed in the line of duty one year ago. A ceremony took place Wednesday afternoon, on the one-year anniversary of the tragic line-of-duty death of Officer…
<div style="color: #333;">Local residents protest against data centers</div>
Finney County residents showed up on the sidewalk along the 2300 block of East Kansas Avenue, in front of Tequila’s Mexican Grill, on Saturday to protest against the development of data centers in the county. Husband and wife, Rance and…
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