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Vaccinations for school enrollment required by state law
School begins soon and that means your child will need to be vaccinated. Kansas state law requires all students to be vaccinated before attending school each year or to provide annual documentation of an exemption. The list of vaccinations has…
A 95-year-old film just discovered in a junk shop shows glimpse of life in 1920s Wichita
A rare — and remarkably clear — piece of footage that was recorded at a parade on Wichita’s Douglas Avenue on May 1, 1924, was recently discovered in an Arkansas City junk shop and shared with the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical…
Rental electric scooters to hit Wichita streets Monday
Wichita’s first electric rental scooters will be rolling on downtown streets starting Monday. Zagster, the company that provides the bikes for Bike Share ICT, will begin operation using Spin scooters Monday morning, said Mike Tann, Wichita Transit director. Zagster obtained…
Wichita police planning to put Clydesdale horses on patrol
The Wichita Police Department expects to put Clydesdale horses on patrol for the first time later this summer thanks to two nonprofit civic foundations. The pair of Clydesdales will replace two horses that soon will be retired. The yet-to-be named…
Old Abilene Town Gunfighters return
His face is on billboards, brochures and You Tube videos promoting Old Abilene Town and its summer gunfights. But this Saturday Wade Tuxhorn will not be giving his usual lesson to kids on the dangers of guns nor participating in…
Geary County needs at least 15 additional volunteer firefighters, chief says
A recent change in the number of first responders available to fight fires in Geary County has spurred a need for additional volunteers. Deputies from the Geary County Sheriff’s Department previously fought fires alongside volunteer firefighters. But a recent policy…
Abilene adapted after cattle trade left
While some may have mourned the loss of the trade, others were celebrating all across the county. On Feb. 29, 1872, the Abilene Weekly Chronicle reprinted an article from the Solomon Weekly Times that congratulated Abilene emphatically for finally ending…
State pulls back on STAR bonds for North Campus Corridor improvements
The City of Manhattan will not receive the much anticipated $25 million STAR bonds from state government to fund improvements along the north campus corridor around Kansas State University. City officials announced this week that the state had reversed course…
DSNWK receives grants to renovate, expand group home
A $279,000 grant from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation and a $50,000 grant from the Robert E. and Patricia Schmidt Foundation will help Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas make needed repairs and improvements, the most costly being the renovation and…
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