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Pittsburg ribbon-cutting marks remediation completion
The city will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. today on North Walnut Street between 28th and 29th streets. City officials say the purpose is to celebrate the completion of an environmental cleanup effort at the former Weir City…
Private entity to help fund new county health planner’s job
The Shawnee County Commission Thursday approved a contract arranging for a private entity to provide half the annual salary and benefits for a recently created community health planner’s job. The contract arranges for the Topeka Community Foundation to finance half…
Firm provides recommendations for school boundaries
A consulting firm has provided a recommendation for future boundaries for the attendance areas of Leavenworth’s public elementary schools. As the result of a 2018 bond issue, the Leavenworth school district will be transitioning from four elementary schools to one…
Partnership allows Dodge City HS students to get early start in medical field
Dodge City High School is offering students the opportunity to get an early start in the medical field. A partnership with Dodge City Community College and Dodge City High School allows the high-school students to become certified nurse assistants. When…
Visioning workshop scheduled for Leavenworth county comprehensive plan
Leavenworth County residents who are interested in the future development of the county are invited to attend a public meeting next week at the Basehor Community Library. The meeting is being conducted as part of a process that will result…
Winfield meets Wall
Taggart Wall, who started his new job Monday, said he ‘couldn’t be in a better place with better people’ and praised city employees’ response to the flooding that affected the city this past week. Wall, a Winfield native, was most…
Ellis County Commissioners divided on countywide sales tax
Whether a half-cent or a quarter-cent, whether shared or not shared, Ellis County’s three commissioners at their regular meeting Monday evening admitted they don’t agree on the details of a proposed countywide sales tax. Speaking at the end of the…
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…
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