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Towanda museum needs volunteers to help complete renovations
The Towanda Area Historical Museum is racing against the clock to get the museum up and running in time for the town’s 150th anniversary next year. Tricia Lee shares her vision for the new look of the Towanda Area Historical…
Moundridge City Council looking at keeping pool at the current location
With public support in favor of building a new municipal [pool], members of the Moundridge City Council need to find a location community members will support. Community members seemed to like the idea of building a new pool in the…
Great Bend elects write-in candidate for mayor
An overwhelming amount of people in Great Bend voted their next mayor by writing him in on the ballot. Cody Schmidt will take over in 2020 and he’s focused on growing the community. "I want to work together with the people…
Wichita’s mayor-elect already planning changes for City Hall
"It's going to be a big task. We didn't go into this thinking that this was going to be an easy gig," Brandon Whipple, Wichita's new mayor-elect, said Wednesday morning. Whipple says he knows being mayor of one of the…
Mere 14 votes separate Topeka City Council candidates Duncan, Coen
Topeka City Councilman Jeff Coen has received 67 more votes in this year’s election for the District 8 council seat than he did in 2015. But that year, he won decisively. This year, Coen trails opponent Spencer Duncan by a…
Sedgwick County signs off on extending Union Station taxing district for expansion
The Union Station tax increment financing district expanding to include a 1901 building to the southeast of the vacant building got the go-ahead Tuesday from the Sedgwick County Commission. The Wichita City Council approved the expansion last month. Occidental Management…
Public expresses support for keeping Newton library downtown
The votes are in. The Newton public, at least those that attended library site selection meetings, want any new library to stay in the same location. The feedback followed two public input sessions held this week at the library as…
County considering repeal of recycling requirements
Swartzendruber updated commissioners on the status of the ongoing recycling situation. He said he didn’t receive a proposal from Waste Connections about going forward, even though a company employee had promised to send him one Oct. 29. Swartzendruber said he…
Voters back redistricting amendment to Kansas Constitution
Kansas has ended an unusual practice for redrawing the lines of legislative districts that has cost university communities political clout. Voters on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Kansas Constitution eliminating a requirement for the state to adjust federal census…
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