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New Derby city prosecutor balancing full docket
Since joining city staff over the summer, Melissa Ricke has been hard at work on multiple fronts for Derby as the new assistant city attorney and city prosecutor. On the city side, Ricke helps City Attorney Jaci Kelly with business…
Despite objections, Johnson County city approves office park to replace city park
In a 5 to 1 vote Thursday night, the Westwood City Council approved turning what currently is its only city park into an office park. The issue had been debated fiercely in recent months not only in Westwood, a town…
Iola vies for federal infrastructure dollars
With infrastructure funds flowing from Washington, D.C., It’s in Iola’s best interest to apply for every penny it can, Mayor Steve French said. “That money’s gonna go someplace,” French said at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. “We might as well bring…
Wyandotte County mayors announce task force that could reshape KCK’s unified government
The mayors of Kansas City, Kansas, Edwardsville and Bonner Springs on Wednesday announced plans to form a task force that could reshape Wyandotte County’s consolidated government structure. Edwardsville Mayor Carolyn Caiharr said a “citizen-focused” group will begin neighborhood discussions in…
As aquifer levels decline in the Great Plains, states weigh the need to meter irrigation wells
About a quarter of the United States’s irrigated cropland sits on top of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains. But water levels are dropping, and states are taking different approaches to monitoring how much groundwater irrigators are pumping out.…
Sedgwick County home prices jump in September compared to a year ago
Even with elevated mortgage rates delivering a consistent headwind to demand and sales volume, Sedgwick County saw its fifth straight month of year-over-year home price increases in September, according to a new report. South Central Kansas MLS data, covering last month's…
New federal law modifies 2022 Safer Communities Act to allow archery in schools
More than a million students in 49 states will be able to participate in school archery programs using "dangerous weapons" after bipartisan legislation sailed through U.S. Congress and was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The “Protecting Hunting Heritage…
Kansas becomes the 10th state to require 2-person train crews, despite the industry’s objections
Kansas became the 10th state in the nation Wednesday to require two-person railroad crews despite objections from freight railroads, but the industry may challenge the rule in court as it has in other states like Ohio. The major freight railroads have long pushed…
Fort Hays State working to expand nursing in rural Kansas
Fort Hays State University has announced they are receiving new federal funds to expand the number of nurses serving rural communities in Kansas. The university has received two Health and Human Services Administration federal grants totaling more than $4 million. Fort…
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