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Former city clerk pleads guilty to theft
Rick Voisin, the former Towanda Municipal Court and utility clerk accused of stealing more than $186,000 from the city, pleaded guilty to two charges Friday morning in Butler County District Court. In August of 2016 after a customer received an…
Dodge City approves panhandling ordinance
Dodge City commissioners have approved an ordinance establishing a Chapter XI, Article 7 of the Code of the City of Dodge City for prohibiting pedestrians from entering or staying upon a designated roadway to facilitate a transfer of anything from…
Paola crime rate drops 20 percent
The Paola Police Department has released its year-end statistics for 2018, and the total reported criminal offenses dropped from 692 in 2017 to 549 in 2018, a reduction of 20 percent. Capt. Eric Jenkins said the department leaders were particularly…
Ellis County fire chief presents 2018 report to Ellis County Commission
The Ellis County Fire Department responded to 320 calls for service in 2018, a slight decrease from the year before but they still spent more than 6,600 hours on emergency incidents in and around the county. Director of Fire and…
City holds meeting on downtown transportation
At a standing room only meeting about downtown transportation, a lot of people had opinions. The City of Wichita is working on a downtown development plan for transportation issues. The first listening session happened Tuesday night at Distillery 244. Right…
Taggart Wall to manage city he once helped govern
Taggart Wall, city manager of Sterling and a former Winfield city commissioner, said he looks forward to coming back home after being hired as the new Winfield city manager. The decision to hire Wall, a Winfield native, by the city…
Garden City commission OKs charter ordinance updating bond issuance authority
The Garden City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a charter ordinance that would give the city significantly more freedom in addressing general improvements and issuing general obligation bonds for certain projects. The new charter ordinance would repeal a 1975 charter…
Does Olathe’s Mentum have momentum over OP for ice rink, mixed-use development?
The Olathe City Council has unanimously approved rezoning the former Great Mall of the Great Plains site, giving a boost to a developer’s vision to transform the property. The Council on Tuesday endorsed the rezoning and preliminary plan for Mentum,…
Derby public schools to use new safety tool
An anonymous tip line will give Derby Public Schools a new tool to try to keep students safe. The school board approved implementing the “See Something, Say Something” program on a 6 to 0 vote at its Jan. 28 board…
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