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City selects ballpark design-build group; competing bidder questions qualifications
The Wichita City Council hasn’t officially approved a design-build team for the city’s new $75 million Minor League ballpark, but there’s already been a protest over the recommended group. On Tuesday, the Council will vote on a selection committee’s recommendation…
#Myarkcity is the hashtag to help Ark City win $500,000
The Small Business Revolution-Main Street TV show will announce on Dec. 10 the 10 finalists for the $500,000 community development prize. Arkansas City is one of the top 20 finalists, and community supporters hope to make the cut and be…
Should Kansas raise the gas tax to pay for highways? Some officials are discussing it
ansas drivers may pay more at the pump — or pay a fee if they own an electric car — to help fund future highway improvements, under ideas proposed by state lawmakers and officials. One senator says the current gas…
Shawnee’s 2019 CDBG plan dedicates funds to city street infrastructure
Shawnee has submitted its application for Community Development Block Grant funding for the next five years. Should the Kansas Department of Commerce accept Shawnee’s application as is, the city would receive $285,302 in CDBG funds. A majority of the city’s…
Longwell: Public will have input on Wichita baseball team nickname
Plainsmen? Flyers? Wind Sox? Whatever the nickname turns out to be for Wichita's new Triple A baseball team, it sounds like the public will get a say. That's according to Mayor Jeff Longwell, who said during his Thursday media briefing…
El Dorado to consider task force on homelessness
Concerned citizens, individuals from a number of community organizations and representatives from City, County, and State departments all gathered at the Civic Center Tuesday evening to discuss the issue of homelessness in El Dorado. The City Commission led a fact-finding…
City Manager Matt Allen given award for excellence in public management
Garden City City Manager Matt Allen recently was named the recipient of the Buford Watson Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Management by the Kansas Association of City/County Management during the association’s annual conference Nov. 14 through 16 in Pittsburg.…
Lenexa hosts training to teach first responders about signs, prevention of sex trafficking
The Kansas City area has been identified as a hotbed for human traffickers with both victims in transit and as a destination, an expert told a group of law enforcement officers this month. And police officers are on the front…
Leavenworth renews agreement for K-7 corridor
When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth city commissioners voted to renew a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas Department of Transportation regarding the management of a Kansas 7 Highway corridor. And Leavenworth Mayor Mark Preisinger expressed concern about the possibility of…
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