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Rates & Financial Planning Workshop (Junction City) this Wednesday, August 14! (Sign up if you haven’t already)
The Kansas Department of Health Environment (KDHE) Capacity Development Program, in partnership with Wichita State Environmental Finance Center (EFC), Ranson Financial and Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU), encourages representatives from your utility to attend an upcoming rate setting and financial planning…
Rolla offers free rent to help fill teaching positions
For some areas, school starts next week, and for many Kansas communities, the struggle isn’t bringing students into the schools but the teachers. USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett has worked all summer to fill two teaching positions. After making some…
CenturyLink is closing its JoCo office after getting millions in Kansas tax credits
Telephone and internet service provider CenturyLink received millions of dollars in Kansas economic development incentives. But apparently it wasn’t enough. CenturyLink informed employees in July of its decision not to renew a longstanding lease at 600 New Century Parkway in…
Hutchinson Police target repeat offenders with selective enforcement
Thursday night, the Hutchinson Police Department completed their first selective enforcement operation, resulting in multiple drug arrests, warrant arrests and citations. It was a combined effort with the department’s Repeat Offender Unit, two K9 teams, detectives and members of the…
Officer, television news reporter injured by visitor fleeing Sedgwick County jail
Three people were arrested Friday afternoon after a chaotic car chase across Wichita that started at the Sedgwick County Jail. Victor Walker, 28, was at the jail to pick up property from an inmate Friday afternoon when Sedgwick County Sheriff’s…
Towns near the Flint Hills Trail hope breweries and festivals will draw in visitors
Visitors to one of the state’s newest parks can hike or bike over rocky streams and travel through hills, wetlands, tallgrass prairie and hardwood forests. But the Flint Hills Trail - the longest nature trail in Kansas- also serves as…
Local truck traffic regs a hot issue
The ordinance regulating truck traffic through Arkansas City was brought under fire Tuesday during a city commission meeting. Jim Sybrant, owner of Ark City Warehouse on West Madison Avenue, brought his concerns and asked the commission to consider several revisions.…
Historic theater celebrates the 80th anniversary of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ with 3-D movie
The Augusta Historic Theatre is celebrating the 80th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” movie this weekend with three screenings of the 3D version of the musical film based on L. Frank Baum’s fantastical book about a Kansas farm girl.…
Former employee sues Unified Government for harassment after jury convicts her boss
A former employee has sued the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, not quite two weeks after a jury convicted her boss of misdemeanor battery against her. Madeline Waldeck sued the UG on Friday for discrimination, harassment and retaliation stemming…
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