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Lenexa to start bike share program with local nonprofit Bike Share KC
Lenexa is starting a bike share program with local nonprofit Bike Share KC. The project includes the purchase of 25 smart bikes equipped to be rented as well as installation of parking racks for the bicycles at Mill Creek Park,…
Commissioners re-establish public comment policy
Leavenworth County commissioners are re-establishing guidelines for making public comments during their meetings. Commissioner Vicky Kaaz said Wednesday that commissioners were reimplementing a policy regarding the public comment period of their meetings. “I apologize that it was not adhered to…
Clearwater community comes together for solutions to a dangerous intersection
Community members in Clearwater are fed up with what they're calling a dangerous intersection. An accident at 71st and 135th recently injured 9 people, most of them children. The intersection of 71st and 135th is the main way both in…
Olathe council holds hearing on TIF for Mentum project at former Great Mall site
The Olathe City Council on Tuesday held a public hearing on whether to create a tax increment financing district to financially help the developers of the former Great Mall of the Great Plains site. The council did not vote on…
Elwood, Kansas under mandatory evacuation due to Missouri River flooding
Elwood residents evacuated Thursday evening as emergency sirens sounded in the Doniphan County community. The evacuation began as the Missouri River, at Elwood, reached 30 feet. At that level, the City of Elwood’s mandatory evacuation plan is implemented. Elwood City…
Kansas communities order evacuations overnight due to flooding
The KDOT is currently assisting with response to flooding in Doniphan by moving 100 tons of sand from storage domes in Horton to Elwood. Just after 8p.m. Thursday, Doniphan County Emergency Management sounded alarms to begin evacuations, according to their…
Horton Community Hospital May Reopen
Plans are being put in place to reopen the Horton Community Hospital. That was revealed during a community meeting held Thursday evening at the Horton High School. The crowd of around 175 seemed shocked when Horton City Administrator John Calhoon…
Council OK’s low-cost burial for cremations to extend use of cemetery
In an effort to extend the life of Greenwood Cemetery, the Clay Center Council approved buying 48 columbariums for $11,095. The council approved the bid from Wilbert Memorials, out of Parsons, over a local bid of $12,905 from Mastercarved Memorials.…
With local recycling programs in jeopardy all over the nation, Ark City and Winfield work together to try to save theirs
The cities of Arkansas City and Winfield are working together to save their cooperative recycling program after notification of a large rate increase. The cities were notified Feb. 28 by Waste Connections that their recycling rates were going up substantially,…
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