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Piece of Dodge City’s past returns home
On Tuesday, the Boot Hill Museum received a donation of the Rev. O.W. Wright’s personal desk by his great-granddaughter Claire Laird and her children. According to Boot Hill Museum, Ormond Worthington Wright was born in Acworth, N.H., in 1850, arriving…
McPherson Hospital debuts new Rehabilitation Department
The community got an inside look at the recently relocated Rehabilitation Services Department at McPherson Hospital during a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house, Wednesday. The Rehabilitation Services Department has relocated to a spacious and easily accessible facility in the former…
Sedgwick County offers mental heath first aid classes
Communities across Kansas are recognizing the importance of mental health education. Comcare in Sedgwick County holds mental health first aid classes. Comcare says it's similar to a physical first aid class. As people learn how to perform CPR, they should…
Local authorities cite drivers in ‘Officer on a Train’ event
Local authorities joined Kansas Operation Lifesaver during Rail Safety Week to watch for unsafe and illegal activities at rail crossings. The Wichita Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff, Kansas Highway Patrol and BNSF police were patrolling rail crossings across Wichita on…
Derby woman takes over as Andover’s new city administrator
When Jennifer (Gluszek) McCausland, newly announced city administrator for Andover, was attending Derby High School she never thought someday she would be leading one of the fastest-growing communities in Kansas. After the longtime Derby resident and 1998 Derby High School…
Tour will spotlight historic local landmarks
New residents may not realize it, but Derby has a lot of history – 150 years of it, in fact. To get the city’s heritage out to all – local citizens and visitors alike – city officials have put together…
Spring Hill exploring quiet zones
Quieter neighborhoods could soon be a possibility for Spring Hill residents. Earlier this year, the Governing Body approved a contract and funding with Bartlett and West, a Kansas City engineering firm, to explore railroad quiet zones at three crossings in…
Overland Park council signals early support for idea of ‘road diet’ on College Blvd.
A lane reduction appears in the cards for a one-mile section of College Boulevard as part of a plan to make the Overland Park corridor a more attractive destination for convention center visitors and nearby office workers. The city council…
Board proposes minimum salary in search for new county administrator
A Reno County Commissioner suggested Tuesday that the salary listed in a “recruitment profile” that a consultant plans to disseminate in the search for a replacement Reno County administrator be $120,000. The salary would be negotiable, Sellers noted, but that…
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