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Southeast Kansas school district gets creative amid bus driver shortage
... it turns to someone like Steve Stone. "I'm head of maintenance," said Stone. That means when something breaks, he's the man to call.... "Right now the need's greater than I've ever seen it since I worked for the school…
2025 Working Well Conference is April 8th in Wichita
The Health & Wellness Coalition's goal is to create communities that support and encourage physical activity and healthy eating. Sign up for the 2025 Working Well Conference here.
Municipal Bond Trends for February 27, 2025
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive…
City of El Dorado seeking public input for excess sales tax usage
The City of El Dorado is asking for the residents of the city to give their input on what projects to move forward in 2025 through sales tax funds. The Excess Sales Tax Committee is meeting routinely to make their…
Airing concerns on feed yard
A public meeting has been scheduled for March 4 at the Pawnee County Courthouse, to offer information in opposition to the proposed 88,000-head feedlot to be located in Pawnee County by Innovative Livestock Services. The hour-long session, scheduled for 6:30…
Mayor: Halstead may have a lot to gain from a BESS
A year into the process and the community is just starting to get a picture of the benefits available to Halstead in allowing a battery energy storage system (BESS) to be built in its industrial park. Starting, because Concurrent made…
Hillsboro announces new name of bowling alley
The Hillsboro City Council met on Wednesday, Feb. 19 where they voted on the new name of the bowling alley from the submissions of the bowling alley naming contest. The Hillsboro Rec staff narrowed the entries to two choices: The…
If mass deportations hit southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas communities are feeling the effects of intensifying anti-immigrant rhetoric in politics. Promises of mass deportations have caused anxiety to spike throughout the region, where immigrants make up a large part of the population. Widespread misinformation on social media…
Southwest Kansans fear how mass deportations could wreck their communities
The story of southwest Kansas is hard to tell without including immigrants. The towns in the region have almost doubled in size following the establishment of meatpacking plants and the massive western Kansas beef industry. That has brought population, money,…
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