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Shawnee County hopes to address food insecurity through creation of new council
Shawnee County Health Department is looking to create the area’s first local farm and food council in an effort to address food insecurity among county residents. Craig Barnes, manager of the department’s Health Outreach and Planning Division, announced such plans…
Wakefield to begin fining residents with unclean gutters
Starting in July, the City of Wakefield will begin issuing $25 tickets to residents who failed to keep their street gutters clean. The City of Wakefield posted that the fines will begin to be issued after annual cleaning of streets,…
Lawrence city leaders want cap on how many whole-home Airbnbs a single owner can operate
City leaders expressed interest Tuesday in putting a cap on the number of whole-home Airbnbs and other short-term rentals that can be operated by a single owner. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2, with…
Dual roles are called ‘incompatible’
Marion’s long history of city council members serving on its planning board is not specifically prohibited, but a 1977 attorney general’s opinion calls the two roles “incompatible.” Readers asked the Record to investigate after noting that John Wheeler, Marion city…
Century II or something new? Group seeks answers to Wichita’s riverfront questions
A coalition of Wichita boosters working to shape the future of the city’s riverfront has announced its first — tentative — public meeting date. The group says it wants to put the community’s vision for the future of the east…
Downtown Topeka is getting livelier, residents say
Downtown Topeka has gotten much livelier since Julian Jenkins and Marcelino Gomez III moved there last June, they say. A year ago, Gomez said, he’d be greeted by silence and a general lack of activity whenever he went out front…
CDC warns outbreaks from ‘Crypto’ parasite found in pools on the rise
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of a rise in a parasite that can live for days in swimming pools and water playgrounds, officials said in a report released last week. Cryptosporidium, or Crypto, is a parasite spread…
Downtown Topeka crowd cheers U.S. Open champ Woodland
Topeka native Gary Woodland’s extended family has traveled across the country to watch him play. So it was no surprise Tuesday evening when those close to him — Gary and Wanda Bond, Yolanda McKeever and Payne Mendenhall, among others —…
KDOT names new regional public affairs manager
After a long career as a Wichita-based journalist, Tim Potter has been named a regional public affairs manager for the Kansas Department of Transportation. Potter is based in the Hutchinson office of KDOT’s District Five, which spans 18 south-central Kansas…
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