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Commissioners disagree on jail options
Saline County Commissioners Jim Weese and Bob Vidricksen expressed different preferences Tuesday morning regarding how the county should respond to overcrowding at the Saline County Jail, following a presentation by consultant Jim Robertson Monday morning. Weese said he would like…
County Commission OKs grant application for Community Correction operations
The Reno County Commission on Tuesday approved the local Community Corrections office applying for a pair of state grants worth nearly $1 million to support its adult supervision and behavioral health programs. The primary grant, for just under $730,000, seeks…
City manager’s first ‘Out and About with Trout’ event to be Monday
Members of the public will be able to meet in person with Topeka City Manager Brent Trout when he makes himself available for the first time Monday as part of a “mobile office” called “Out and About With Trout.” Trout’s…
Salina Airport Authority submits funding request to county for marketing; City approves their request
Tim Rogers, executive director of the Salina Airport Authority, submitted a request for $60,000 from the Saline County Commission for air service marketing Tuesday morning. The Salina City Commission approved $60,000 for the Salina Airport Authority on Monday afternoon. The…
Sabetha approves extraterritorial jurisdiction expansion
At the Sabetha City Commission meeting Monday, April 8, the commissioners – Mayor Doug Clark, Maridel Wittmer, Nick Aberle, Norm Schmitt and Julie Burenheide – approved Ordinance No. 1538, expanding Sabetha’s extraterritorial district. This comes following a recommendation of the…
Chanute City Commissioners talk ballfields, cereal malt beverage ordinance
Chanute city commissioners discussed ballfield and recreation center agreements during their comments after Monday evening’s meeting. City staff and the Chanute Recreation Commission are negotiating use agreements for the recreation center and for the ballfields in Santa Fe Park in…
Wichita council sends controversial cell tower proposal back to planning commission
The Wichita City Council has voted unanimously to return a proposal that would place an 80-foot wireless communication tower at 18th and Woodland to the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for further consideration. The vote Tuesday comes after more than 81%…
Mission Hills council weighs options for opposing LGBTQ+ discrimination
Mission Hills continued to wrestle with how to best apply non-discrimination language providing legal protections to LGBTQ+ individuals during this week’s council meeting. While governing body members generally agreed they support the spirit of having a non-discrimination ordinance, several questioned…
Ellis County seeks city buy-in for countywide sales tax
Ellis County is looking at a countywide sales tax to fix its budget crisis. But the question is whether it would share the money with cities in Ellis County. That was the debate among the three Ellis County Commissioners at…
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