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See an extra 1% charge on your receipt in Overland Crossing? Here’s why.
If you’ve been shopping recently in the Overland Crossing Shopping Center and noticed an extra charge applied to your receipt near the sales tax, that’s a private fee. The fee — that appears on a Whole Foods Market receipt in the…
KwiKom asks for county buy-in with broadband
County co-investment in a broadband grant application process was central to Tuesday’s commissioners meeting. KwiKom Communications of Iola is currently seeking the county’s assistance in a $2 million broadband project that will bring internet to the area between Iola and…
New exhibit showcases 1951 JoCo time capsule. Here’s what was found inside.
The Johnson County Museum will display the contents of a time capsule discovered in the cornerstone of the 1952 Johnson County Courthouse through May. The new exhibit is called “Inside the Box: A 1951 Time Capsule.” The capsule, a 10.5-inch-by-13-inch copper box at the…
Barton house moving down the road
Bobbi and Guy Barton of Halstead are planning on moving, but they’re doing it a little differently than most people. Instead of just moving out of a house, they’re having the house moved, since they had another one built on…
Library offers non-traditional items to community
Reading books and using computers are just some of the reasons people are piling into the Wichita Advanced Learning Library. Behind its doors, podcasts are being made, medical equipment is being checked out, as well as other items like hot…
City of Marion asking McAnarney to serve as interim city manager
The city of Marion is looking for a new city manager, and it has reached out to former Emporia city leader Mark McAnarney to fill the role on an interim basis. Marion is looking for a city manager after the resignation…
Jackie Robinson statue found burned and in pieces at Wichita park amid citywide manhunt
A Wichita youth-baseball league’s Jackie Robinson statue — which was cut at its feet and stolen from McAdams Park last week, leading to a citywide manhunt and national media attention — was found charred and in pieces Tuesday morning in…
Towns struggle as aquifer dwindles
Brownie Wilson pulls off a remote dirt road right through a steep ditch and onto a farmer’s field. He hops out of his white Silverado pickup, mud covering nearly all of it except the Kansas Geological Survey logo stuck on the…
How could Kansas’ new open enrollment law change Johnson County and KCK schools?
After this school year, Kansas students will be allowed to go to any public school district in the state, as long as it has the room. Previously, districts have had discretion over whether to admit students from outside of their…
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