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Police will start voluntary swatter alert system in Wichita
Wichita police will begin using a system that places alerts on addresses where potential swatting targets could be living. Swatting involves someone making a hoax emergency call to send law enforcement officers, particularly SWAT teams, to a particular address. The…
Johnson County Library celebrates ten years of its award-winning early literacy program
Johnson County Library celebrates the tenth anniversary of 6 by 6, Ready to Read, its award-winning early literacy program, with a series of special programs and activities. The festivities kick off on September 16, 2019 with a Birthday Party at Oak…
Money available: SCCF grant applications due soon
The deadline for South Central Community Foundation grant applications is just a week away on Aug. 31. This year, all grant applications are being done online at sccfks.org than go to the grant applications tab. Applicants have to log on…
School district contemplates property purchase to expand
The USD 470-Arkansas City School District is considering buying more property near the high school, after recently purchasing a former church building. The school board is being asked approve purchasing the property and house at 2304 W. 15th St., an…
OP may allow more public comment at meetings. But it won’t decide till after election
Overland Park officials have agreed to study whether to let the public speak at meetings about issues not on the agenda — something almost every other municipality in the area allows. But some City Council candidates worry that Johnson County’s…
Douglas County Commission approves six-month halt on applications to subdivide rural land
Rural residents of Douglas County who want to divide their land into residential lots may have to wait half a year before they can get that process started. The Douglas County Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on…
Douglas County Commission selects interim county administrator for permanent role
The Douglas County Commission will forgo a search to fill its vacant county administrator position and will instead appoint interim County Administrator Sarah Plinsky to the permanent position. At their meeting Wednesday, commissioners unanimously approved directing the county counselor to…
Maize Schools bond issue up for vote now
Voters Voters in the Maize school district can now vote on a bond issue to build two new intermediate schools. We first told you last spring about the district's unexpected enrollment growth - almost twice what demographers had predicted. Now…
Summer reading program puts more than 1300 free books in Salina homes
RAWR volunteers Michael Gutierrez, Meaghan Roths, Makenna Roths, Ariana Cannon, and Leonie Harzman. Photo courtesy Salina Area United Way Seventy-six adult and teen volunteers spent time this summer reading to children at four of Salina’s schools’ thanks to the…
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