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Lot prices and burial rates to increase at Lawrence cemeteries; some funds to help improve cemetery grounds
Fees at the city’s three cemeteries will see the first of five rate increases this year, funds that city officials say will help to better maintain the cemetery grounds. The fee increase was approved as part of the city’s annual…
Prairie Village clerk Joyce Hagen Mundy wrapping up 3 decades with the city today
Joyce Hagen Mundy walked into city hall for her first day of work with Prairie Village on Dec. 1, 1985. Today, more than 30 years and nearly 1,000 city council and planning commission meetings later, Hagen Mundy will enter city…
Farmer decides to grade road himself
A farmer who went off on his own to grade a county road isn’t in trouble for doing so, but he was advised at the county commission meeting Monday that he could be held liable if an accident occurs because…
Clay Center City Council OK’s standards, rates for solar panels
Last night the Clay Center City Council approved an ordinance for standards for people wanting to connect solar panels to the city’s electric grid and another ordinance setting the rate of reimbursement for those generating electricity with solar panels who…
70 volunteer and part-time fire departments receive grants
Seventy volunteer and part-time fire departments across the state received funds this year through the Kansas Firefighter Recruitment and Safety Grant Program administered by the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM). The grant awards will be used by fire…
Commissioner Dan Deming talks wind farm proposal
As we mentioned earlier in the week, the Florida company wanting to build a wind farm in the southern and southeastern parts of the county has yet to file an application for a special use permit for the project. It…
Frontenac history front and center at MHM
What do you know about Frontenac? Do you know about the 100-year-old businesses in Frontenac which are still in business today, how the Frontenac Raiders got their name or how teachers managed to teach students of different nationalities in the…
Merriam adds two pedestrian-friendly HAWK signals to Johnson Drive
Merriam is installing two pedestrian-friendly HAWK traffic signals on Johnson Drive. Beginning Dec. 26, the city began work to install two signals on the corridor: one at Goodman Street and Johnson Drive and the other at Mastin Street and Johnson…
Community discusses future of Century II
Community members gathered Wednesday night to discuss the future of Century II. The Century II Citizens Advisory Committee has been working for nearly a year to decide if the building should be torn down and rebuilt or remodeled. Several people…
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