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Shawnee moving to use eminent domain to build parks and rec operations facility on 20 acres of private property
Shawnee is taking first steps to claim eminent domain over 20 acres of private property in order to build a parks and recreation operations base facility. The private property in question is located at 18750 Johnson Drive just west of…
No paychecks: Horton hospital may close
Horton Community Hospital employees haven’t been paid since Feb. 15, and at least one employee indicated the hospital will close Friday if employees aren’t paid. Ty Compton, CEO of the Horton hospital, confirmed that employees didn’t receive their paychecks on…
Wichita Public Schools make request to raise property taxes
The Wichita School Board is asking for the ability to raise your property taxes -- if they need too. School officials say they don't plan to raise taxes right now, but they want the option to do it in the…
Leash law explained by Pratt officials
A recent report of a pit bull attack on a family pet and the pet’s owner at Lemon Park has raised issues among some local pet owners about the enforcement of a city leash law. Pratt Police Chief Nate Humble…
Lawrence explains odd shape of Queens Road taxing districts; judge to decide in coming weeks whether to halt project for lawsuit
Whether the multimillion-dollar reconstruction of Queens Road will be postponed so a lawsuit against the city can go forward is now in the hands of a judge. At a hearing in Douglas County District Court on Monday, both sides laid…
KDHE’s KIC Website Offers New Data from Emergency Departments Tool makes diagnoses and other statistics available online for first time
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has added a new dataset to its online health data query tool, Kansas Information for Communities (KIC). Emergency department data from the state’s general hospitals is now available on the KIC page.…
FlightSafety International chooses Wichita for drone training location
FlightSafety International has chosen Wichita and Las Vegas as the locations of new training centers for unmanned aircraft systems. A company spokesperson says that the Wichita location will be based at FlightSafety’s Wichita East Learning Center, 9721 E. Central. The…
‘This is big’: KC renames The Paseo “MLK Blvd.”
On an otherwise quiet and cold Monday morning, the voices of elated Kansas Citians singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” echoed off of the homes near 34th Street and The Paseo, where crews installed the first signs for Dr. Martin…
Clark County’s St. Jacob’s well
It is 84-feet wide, but at 58-feet deep it is not bottomless and there are no blind fish swimming in its depths. It is reported while St. Jacob of Nisibis Mesopotamia was on a pilgrimage to find Noah’s Ark, he…
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