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With age comes beauty: Historic gem in Ironwoods Park delights visitors of all ages
Classrooms are a place for eager and enthusiastic minds. It’s no different inside the Historic Oxford Schoolhouse, says April Bishop. Bishop is a docent at the Leawood schoolhouse, located in Ironwoods Park, 14701 Mission Road. It is her job to…
As Kansas farms grow bigger, more people leave and rural life gets lonelier
Kansas farms have expanded their operations and are now bigger than ever, which has led to an economic boom. But that also means fewer farmers, and that has contributed to depopulation in rural parts of the state that were socially…
Kansas housing shortage leaves all ‘in the same boat’
“Kansas has been a magnet for economic development lately,” says Jeri Hammerschmidt, a senior housing specialist for First Step Builders in Independence. “Everybody wants to come here. We’ve got the highways and the railways and all of that. But you…
Hutchinson City Council votes to push STAR bonds to the next step
Some of Hutchinson’s most recognizable landmarks are one step closer to getting a facelift. Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) bonds were the center of discussion at a public hearing held in Hutchinson. The city council heard from the public and…
Hutchinson firefighters going to Colorado to fight wildfire
Firefighters from Hutchinson are on the move, heading to Colorado to help fight a wildfire. Three firefighters left with a brush truck heading west to help with the Pearl Fire northwest of Fort Collins, close to the Colorado-Wyoming state line.…
Goats to chew away at Wichita’s Oak Park
The goats from Restoration Grazing LLC will be at Oak Park in Wichita on Monday to clear overgrowth and brush. The City of Wichita announced it in a social media post. Last year, the City hired goats to clear brush,…
Coffeyville gets new fire chief
Mike O’Connor has been with the fire department since 2007, where he started as a driver. The Coffeyville native is also an assistant football coach at the high school, something he has done for the past 13 years. Source: KSNF/KODE
Lenexa City Council denies county homeless shelter permit. What happens now?
After almost a year of discussions at both the county and city level, the Lenexa City Council voted on Tuesday to deny a special use permit for a proposed Johnson County homeless shelter off Interstate 35. A more than six-hour…
Ordinances in development on homeless encampments in Wichita
Wichita City Manager Robert Layton says two ordinances are being developed in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gives cities more authority to remove homeless encampments. The Supreme Court ruled in June that cities can ban people…
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