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Cowley College WCT to host Workforce Employer Summit on Sept. 24 in Wellington
Cowley College Workforce and Community Education is hosting a Workforce Employer Summit that will bring local industry and business partners together to learn how Cowley WCE can help them train incumbent workers and build a future talent pipeline. The event…
Family thanks Miami County EMS for road-side delivery
Miami County paramedic Jeff Watts smiled as he held 1-year-old Caroline Ferrero for a second time. On this occasion — the celebration of her first birthday with pizza and cake Friday, Sept. 6, at the Louisburg fire station — was…
Making Sense of Municipal Budgets
When it comes time to begin the development of your jurisdiction’s annual budget, which song immediately pops into your head: “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” or “Don’t Cry Out Loud”? We suspect that the answer to this question…
City could drop undefined EMS lawsuit
The Haven Community EMS Board is taking steps to hire a professional accounting firm to handle day-to-day operations of the ambulance service – a move that could prompt the city to end its lawsuit against the cooperative service, according to…
Lenexa’s Complete Streets program recommends adding 139 miles of bike lanes, sharrows and trails in city
A review of Lenexa’s transportation system found that the city is doing well on serving vehicle transportation needs, but it could use some improvements on walkability and bikeability. These were some of the findings presented to Lenexa city leaders on…
Detter Resigns as Andover City Administrator; McCausland Named Successor
After the executive session of last night’s, September 10th, City Council Meeting, Mayor Ben Lawrence and the members of the City Council accepted City Administrator Mark Detter’s letter of resignation. Detter, who has been the City Administrator for Andover since…
Mission Police Department adding specialized unit to focus on analyzing crime trends, solving problems
The Mission Police Department is creating a special unit of two police officers dedicated to solving problems, building cases and analyzing crime trends in the community. Cap. Dan Madden said the officers, who will likely be hired internally, will receive…
Flip a Felon campaign hopes to reduce crime in Kansas
Sedgwick County announced a campaign Thursday aimed at assisting law enforcement with the arrests of wanted persons with felony warrants in Sedgwick County, according to officer Kevin Wheeler. The campaign called “Flip-A-Felon” will target specific known individuals who have warrants…
Butler County teachers receive state recognition
Several Butler County educators are among those nominated for the 2020 Kansas Teacher of the Year award. Nominees were announced Tuesday via a Kansas State Department of Education news release and included recognition of Kansas teachers from four regions spanning…
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