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Rural Mainstreet struggling, grain farmers hit particularly hard in Midwest
For the first time since November, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) fell below growth neutral. Trade tensions with China and Iran combined with the failure to finish up the USMCA are having a dragging effect on the Midwest economy.…
Fallen law enforcement personnel remembered in Salina
Law enforcement personnel who died in the line of duty were remembered Wednesday morning during the annual Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. Appropriately, the ceremony was conducted in the park named after the last Salina officer to die in the line…
Prettier Cities Are Better at Attracting Jobs and New Residents
In a phenomenon economists call the beauty premium, better-looking people tend to earn more money and are more successful at their careers. But do cities also benefit from a beauty premium? According to a new study by two urban economists,…
Neighborhood Block Party Grants Now Available in Merriam
Host a neighborhood block party and get reimbursed up to $200! You can use the Neighborhood Block Party Grant to help cover party-related expenses such as food, paper goods, party favors, and to hire entertainment/performers. You’ll first need to fill…
Main Street Kansas: Downs does storytelling the old-fashioned way
A Kansas festival is preserving the ancient art of storytelling. Once used to pass the history of one generation down to the next, storytellers are now helping people communicate without their phones. It might be a silly story, an old…
Newton Commission moves on Sunday booze
When the agenda item of Sunday alcohol sales by liquor stores and retail outlets appeared on the city commission agenda Tuesday, commissioner Glen Davis jumped into the conversation quickly — with some numbers. “We are losing $229,500 a year in…
Residents fight big development north of Wichita State’s Innovation Campus
Sedgwick County has joined City Hall in a plan that discourages, but still allows, commercial development across the street from Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus. The commission took that action after hearing passionate pleas from residents who want to preserve…
Wichita plans to offer 500 city-owned parking spaces to developer of downtown complex
Wichita plans to commit 500 city-owned parking spaces downtown to a developer that wants to open a medical school, culinary arts school, student housing facility and hotel in the heart of the city. The plans are included in a memorandum…
Ellis Co., business owners at odds over roads in incorrectly platted addition
Businesses in the L. Kuhn Addition 4 want Ellis County to start maintaining its roads again. However, County Public Works Director Bill Ring said the county stopped maintaining the road about two years ago when he learned the property was…
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