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Vote makes mayor, council available to attend Gary Woodland event
Topeka’s mayor and city council on Tuesday changed the schedule for their meeting next week to enable them to attend a downtown block party for professional golfer and native Topekan Gary Woodland. The Greater Topeka Partnership will throw a free…
Citizen simulators say increase Wichita police and fire services, cut golf and arts
Wichita’s fire and police departments got high scores while golf courses and cultural affairs departments suffered in budget simulations run by local residents, the city government said Wednesday. The city released the results of the budget simulation drill during a…
Hospital debt cost shrink
Taxpayers will save more than $11 million over the next several years under a restructuring of the construction debt for the South Central Kansas Medical Center. The refinancing was approved Tuesday night by both the Building Commission and the City…
Mini-Max grocery coming to Winfield to fill food desert
The new Mini-Max grocery and variety store set to open in Winfield later this summer is part of a chain of stores owned by Bill Johnson, a Muskogee, Okla.-based entrepreneur with a goal of opening stores in food deserts to…
KDOT sets new “transportation stakeholder” meetings
The Kansas Department of Transportation is again scheduling a series of “stakeholder” meetings in August to receive input from community leaders around the state on project priorities and ideas for future transportation planning. KDOT has scheduled meetings at eight locations…
County may seek federal aid for controlling mosquitoes
With thousands of Culex mosquitoes captured in traps in rural Reno County every week over the past month, local health officials are appealing for federal assistance to control the pest that potentially carries the West Nile virus. Reno County Health…
JoCo parks board reverses course, will allow e-bikes on trails for 6-month pilot
People who need a little help getting up those hills will soon be able to ride their electric power assisted bicycles on Johnson County trails. The county park district board reversed its December denial of e-bikes and will now allow…
Lawrence to consider 16-cent fee for plastic, paper bags
City of Lawrence leaders will soon consider whether to start charging people for disposable grocery and shopping bags in an effort to reduce plastic waste. The city’s Sustainability Advisory Board voted last summer to make the issue of single-use plastics…
ACPD on horse poop trail
The Arkansas City Police Department is seeking information about people on horseback early Saturday morning who left a trail of horse droppings through downtown Ark City. Several piles of waste were found downtown between the chamber of commerce office and…
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