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Museum opens exhibit on GCCC’s 100-year history
The latest exhibit in the Finney County Historical Museum’s Front Door Gallery opened Monday, marking the 100th anniversary of Garden City Community College. Entitled “Institution with a Distinctive Heritage,” the display draws its name from a 1960s era sign that…
Study planned to create citywide housing market strategy
Topeka’s city government is teaming up with a private consulting firm to carry out a study aimed at creating a citywide housing market strategy. The city is paying $95,000 to Development Strategies, the St. Louis-based urban planning and real estate…
GCCC Boasts #1 Practical Nursing Program in Kansas
Garden City Community College boasts the number one practical nursing program in the state, according a national group dedicated to championing the growth and professional advancement of nurses nationwide. The study from Practicalnursing.org, which ranked 17 Kansas schools overall, put…
Quixotic at OP Arboretum; Gardner Edgerton High to pilot mental health course
The Johnson County Mental Health Center and the Gardner Edgerton School District have been chosen as one of only 35 entities nationwide to pilot a program called teen Mental Health First Aid, which will be offered to all 10th graders…
Air Ambulances Woo Rural Kansans With Memberships That May Leave Them Hanging
On a hot June day, as the Good Ol’ Days Festival was in full swing, 7-year-old Kaidence Anderson sat in the shade with her family waiting for a medevac helicopter to land. A crowd had gathered to see the display…
Economic border war between Kansas, Missouri isn’t quite over yet
There may be a cease-fire, but the economic “border war” involving the use of incentives to lure jobs across the state line in the Kansas City area isn’t exactly over. Missouri officials plan to award more than $62 million in…
City services uninterrupted by basement flooding
All City of Independence services are fully operational this morning after a weekend water line break caused basement flooding at temporary city hall, 811 W. Laurel. Some repair work is underway in the basement today, so citizens needing to access…
Boot Hill’s first advertiser
One might argue Dodge City Boot Hill Museum got its impetus on Sept. 14, 1935 when Morris Cannon erected his billboard. Three years before, dentist O.H. Simpson had placed boots and faces at Boot Hill Cemetery as a joke for…
KCK outfits 30 officers with body cameras as police department evaluates vendors
About 30 police officers in Kansas City, Kansas, will be outfitted with body-worn cameras from different companies for the next month, the department said Monday. The officers will receive training from each company and report their experiences with the cameras…
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