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New Great Bend Deputy Fire Chief settling in
The Great Bend Fire Department added a new position last month as Brent Smith was hired to be the Department’s first Deputy Fire Chief. Smith comes to Great Bend after spending 16 years with the Sedgwick County Fire Department where…
Jana’s Campaign receives $30,000 grant from Sunflower Foundation
Jana’s Campaign announced the week the award of a $30,000 grant from the Sunflower Foundation in Topeka, KS. Resources will be used to further expand and enhance implementation of our gender and relationship violence prevention education programs across the state…
KCC launches investigation into Reno County earthquakes
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) is collecting data and analyzing recent injection well activity in Reno County in an effort to uncover the cause of a series of earthquakes in the Hutchinson area. Amid damage reports and a concern for…
Volunteers put an added touch to the operations at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Many who visit Hutchinson Regional medical Center see them and are in contact with them, but may not know just how much work they put in. It’s the hospital’s Volunteer Auxiliary. The program has 92 volunteers who work in various…
Junction City Police Chief Dan Breci will retire in September
Junction City Police Chief Dan Breci will wrap up a three-year stint as the leader of the JCPD when he retires on Sept. 20. He has worked in law enforcement for 46 years including nearly 20 years with the Junction…
Pool in Ellis unlikely to be ready for next summer’s swim season
After the sudden closure of the Ellis City Pool, the Ellis City Council was hopeful construction on the new pool would begin quickly enough so the pool could open at the start of the swim season next summer, but Lamp…
Volunteers in Policing program aims to make Wichita riverfront friendlier
"I wanted to help them make this community safe," said Pat Brown, one of nearly a dozen volunteers helping police in a new citizens patrol program. It's a pilot program the city rolled out Wednesday afternoon. The Volunteers in Policing…
Sedgwick County Bans Large-scale Commercial Wind Farms
Large-scale commercial wind farms won’t be built in Sedgwick County. County commissioners voted Wednesday to update the county’s comprehensive plan and zoning code with specific policies for renewable energy systems. The new regulations prohibit wind facilities and allow solar array…
Third wind farm lawsuit filed
Opponents of the proposed Expedition Wind Farm filed a lawsuit against Marion County commissioners Aug. 14 appealing the commission’s approval of a conditional use permit for the project. The lawsuit, filed by Peabody farmer Randy Eitzen and 72 other opponents,…
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