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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…
Canton festival aims to draw crowd
Canton is gearing up for its fourth annual Canton Heritage Days, which will be held Sept. 28 and 29. “it’s a good time,” said organizer Terry Gribble. “The proceeds from different events ... we put back into the city.” This…
County OKs ‘floating playground” at lake despite protest vote from Archer
A divided Shawnee County Commission voted to budget more than $200,000 Monday to provide a “floating playground” for Lake Shawnee’s Adventure Cove. Commissioner Bob Archer cast the dissenting vote, describing it as “a protest vote against the inequality and unfairness…
Former Garden Plain water operator pleads guilty to making false report
The former operator of the water system in the Sedgwick County town of Garden Plain pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Wichita of falsifying a report on the quality of the city’s drinking water, authorities said. Arthur Wolfe, 64,…
This JoCo district wants to tear down and rebuild more schools. Why not just renovate?
In the past couple of years, the Shawnee Mission school district has torn down five grade schools and constructed six new ones. Now officials are eyeing which ones to rebuild next. In Johnson County, it’s an issue that doesn’t come…
Hundreds convene on JCCC campus for first-ever Metro KC Climate Action Summit
Hundreds of local officials and residents came together on the campus of Johnson County Community College on Saturday for the inaugural Metro KC Climate Action Summit, which brought together elected leaders and climate experts to discuss ways the region can…
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