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County Commissioners To Assist Greenwood County Hospital
Representatives of the Greenwood County Hospital (GWCH) board of trustees once again expressed the need for county funds, during the Greenwood County Commissioners meeting, on Monday of this week. With the half-cent sales tax not going into effect until April…
Great Bend City Council members reflect on Washington D.C. trip
The Great Bend City Council meeting Monday night was the first meeting following the Western Kansas Congressional Delegation in Washington D.C. Great Bend sent City Administrator Kendal Francis, council members Cory Urban, Jessica Milsap, and Andrew Erb, and Great Bend…
City gives resident OK to keep bees
The Salina City Commission approved a request Monday afternoon from a Salina resident to keep bees in the city to pollinate her vegetable garden. City staff received a request from Lynn Grinage to keep bees in two bee hives next…
Fire calls down in Geary County
The number of fire calls for the Geary County Rural Fire Department are down so far this year. The Geary County Commission received an update on Monday, with Chairman Charles Stimatze providing the numbers. “Year to date fires for 2019…
Montgomery County and Coffeyville Resources issue settlement on decade-long tax dispute
A decade-long tax dispute filed by one of Montgomery County’s largest industries was declared settled and resolved on Monday. The Montgomery County Commission announced that a settlement had been reached with Coffeyville Resources concerning the property tax appeal filed by…
Wayne Developers files petition against Shawnee for invoking eminent domain
After the city of Shawnee moved to use eminent domain to plan for the conversion of a piece of private property into a new building for a parks and recreation facility, the property owner has filed a countering petition against…
Public to vote on designs for next city of Topeka flag
Three designs have been chosen as finalists for the next city of Topeka flag, out of more than 300 submitted. Now the public will vote to pick the winner, with ballots being cast by going online to topekaflag.com or sending…
Pothole ruin your car? Cities, states can help pay for repairs but good luck with that
Stuart Hall is still livid over the Kansas City pothole that ate his car — blew two tires, bent one rim — and left him with a $410 bill, towing not included. “I’m still pissed,” he said. That was over…
Wichita works to catch up with potholes: ‘It’s worse than I’ve seen it in a while’
There may or may not be a lot more potholes after this year’s wintry winter, but it sure seems like we’re dodging more of them, and more of them certainly are being reported. “We definitely have received more calls than…
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