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Baldwin City to host 62nd annual Maple Leaf Festival this weekend
Baldwin City has spent the last week putting on its festival face. Crews have been placing orange “no parking” placards along downtown streets, as well as portable toilets and ready-to-assemble barricades at key intersections. They’ve marked off the sites for…
City of Pittsburg officials see positive outcome in switching health plans
A local city is reaping the benefits of a self-funded employee health plan. A spokesperson with the company that offers the City of Pittsburg employee health insurance plan, IMA, recently gave city commissioners an update on the plan that went…
New electronic-voting machines unveiled to local government officials
Local voters will be seeing new voting machines at polling places this year. New electronic-voting machines were unveiled to local government officials during a meeting Thursday afternoon. The old machines have been replaced simply because the technology being used needed…
DA asks Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell to report past gifts; won’t file charges
Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett is not filing charges against Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell. But he is asking him to report past gifts he received from a company that’s helping design Wichita’s new water treatment plant. Bennett’s investigation into…
Douglas County no longer will prosecute simple marijuana cases
Responding in part to what he described as changing societal attitudes, Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announced Thursday his office no longer will prosecute simple marijuana offenses. According to a news release, Branson said he made the decision after…
Wells launches write-in campaign for Wichita mayor
Lyndy Wells, third-place finisher in the August primary, announced his write-in candidacy Thursday for the upcoming mayoral election. And he’s convinced he can win, he said. “I am confident that I can win this. Otherwise, I would not do it.…
A new life found: Five siblings came to Newton on an ‘Orphan Train’
Don Schroeder had quite a story to tell this week at Newton Public Library, one he told in front of a standing-room-only crowd. His father, John A. Lingenfelter, was one of five children who were treated at Bethel Deaconess Hospital…
Hutch trail system to expand
Hutchinson’s trail system will add a link. ... According to a memo by City Director of Parks and Facilities Justin Combs, the new concrete trail will extend approximately a thousand feet from the playground to the east, on the south…
Wichita middle school technology teacher receives national award
Wichita Public Schools announces a national award for a middle school technology teacher. Stephen Smith, a technology teacher at Allison Traditional Magnet Middle School will receive a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the district says.…
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