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Kansas Turnpike toll prices to increase beginning in October
Drivers on the Kansas Turnpike will pay more beginning Oct. 1. The state announced Wednesday that tolls on the turnpike will increase about 5 percent for passenger vehicles with a K-TAG pass. Commercial vehicles with a K-TAG may see an…
Grievance policies vary among cities
Neither the City of Winfield nor the City of Arkansas City has any sort of formal grievance policy for employees wishing to challenge a firing or other issue, although other local government entities have such policies on their books. The…
Kansas governor announces 11-mile expansion of Highway 69 project in Crawford County
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer announced Wednesday that 11 miles of Highway 69 in Crawford County will be expanded into a four-lane expressway in a $57.4 million project scheduled to begin in 2019. Colyer visited the admissions office of Pittsburg State…
Kolb set to bid farewell to Great Bend
George Kolb was hired last October to become the Interim City Administrator for Great Bend after a tumultuous summer that saw the city lose it’s previous Administrator of 36-years along with the Police Chief. Now he is getting ready to…
City gives initial approval of contract for Tonganoxie Public Library land
Tonganoxie is one step closer to having a new library. The City Council approved Monday a resolution of the first amendment to the contract between Tongie 5, LLC and the city on 2 acres of land where the elementary school…
McCue: ‘No confidential info’ lost in hack threat at Ellis Co. EMS
No confidential information was obtained during last year’s alleged denial-of-service attack against computers hosting the Ellis County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) administrative voice lines, according to county health administrator Kerry McCue. “There were no administrative phone calls overheard and no…
Fashionable new face brings fresh perspective to city planning in Newton
After growing up in a Silas, Ala. — a small, southern town of close to 400 residents — Ryan Sellers is adjusting to “big city” life in Newton. “This place is huge for me,” Sellers said. “In my hometown, we…
Grant helps city of Ottawa put new tables in Forest, Goppert parks
Eight picnic tables in two Forest Park shelters and two tables at Goppert Teen Park were replaced last week through a grant from the State of Kansas Health and Environment Department and matching funds, city officials said Tuesday. The grant…
NCAA Tournament’s women’s Elite Eight is coming to Wichita for the first time
Wichita extended its winning streak with the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday. The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight are coming to Wichita, as the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee selected Intrust Bank Arena as one of four regional sites for…
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