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Eudora city officials hope designs spark developer interest in downtown gateway properties
With conceptual designs in hand, city of Eudora officials are looking for investors to redevelop two properties on the southern entrance to downtown. Eudora City Manager Barack Matite said one of the properties is the 4,320-square-foot former public safety building…
Reno County residents still want moratorium on proposed wind farms
Although the Reno County Commission met, it had no agenda items to approve. However, commissioners did get more comments on proposed wind farms in Reno County and how the county needs to have a moratorium while it puts together blanket…
Hutchinson Police Department shakeup includes suspensions
Besides the firing of Hutchinson Police Capt. Troy Hoover on Monday, other personnel at the police department have been suspended pending completion an internal investigation, Hutchinson Police Chief Jeffrey Hooper confirmed Tuesday. Hooper would not say how many individuals are…
Hutchinson’s assistant police chief fired
Hutchinson Police Department’s Capt. Troy Hoover, the department’s assistant chief for more than a decade and a veteran of more than 30 years, was fired on Monday afternoon by the city’s new police chief. Hoover and City Manager John Deardoff…
As Shawnee Mission’s first tax increment financing districts expire, evidence that things don’t always go as planned
The promise was there, twenty years ago, as cities began to dabble in a new way of raising money for hard-to-develop land. Cities, the county and school districts would forgo revenue from higher property values on newly improved land. Instead…
Kansas communities may apply now for designation as an Opportunity Zone
On Tuesday, Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D. announced that the Kansas Department of Commerce is now accepting proposals from communities to designate eligible low-income census tracts as Kansas Opportunity Zones under the new Federal Opportunity Zones program. Opportunity Zones are a…
Voters to decide on commission expansion in Leavenworth County
In this year’s general election, voters will decide whether the Leavenworth County Commission should be expanded from three members to five. A group known as Give Me Five collected the necessary signatures to have the question placed on the ballot…
Designers detail features of new Johnson County courthouse set to open in 2021
The new Johnson County Courthouse will open in early 2021 with 24 finished courtrooms, up-to-date accessibility and an entry-way sculpture of multi-colored chains by Los Angeles artist Benjamin Ball, according to a presentation by design team members to the county…
Reno County will cover insufficient postage on mail ballots
Reno County advance mail ballot voters are advised in the mailing from the county to put $1.21 in postage on the envelope when mail back the ballot. A U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp currently costs 50 cents and many voters…
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