The Budweiser Clydesdale horses will be in the Kansas City area next week.
The horses will be visiting certain Price Chopper stores to honor select Kansas City veterans and present them with a year supply of beer.
(Read more: KMBC)
A three-member staff from the Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau will be at the State Fair in Hutchinson for the entire nine-day run of that event.
CVB Director Michelle Stimatze said they’ll be manning booths and promoting everything Geary County and Fort Riley have to offer. They’ll be located in the Pride of Kansas building. “Many, many groups that are CVB’s and tourism and that kind of thing are in there. Also there’s some associations as well.”
(Read more: Junction City Post)
The Kansas State Fair goes underway Friday in Hutchinson and General Manager Robin Jennison will have his first fair as the manager. So are they ready for the 10-day event?
“I think we are,” said Jennison. “You know I was here for the entirety of the fair last year, I didn’t have any responsibility. We have so many people that have been here so long, to watch the fair come together over the last four days, it’s really kind of miraculous because everyone knows what they’re supposed to do, know where they’re supposed to be and it works pretty good.”
Although the expense is there for vendors to get a space on the fairgrounds for this event, Jennison says they make a lot of money over those 10-days of the fair.
(Read more: Hutch Post)
The Fort Scott City Commission learned Tuesday night that Rhonda Dunn, director of finance for the city since September 2018, plans to resign to pursue another opportunity.
During his report to the commission, City Manager Dave Martin said Dunn is leaving her position and plans to work in a financial position for the E3 Ranch in Fort Scott.
“She’ll be going to E3,” Martin said. “We hate to see her go.”
(Read more: Fort Scott Tribune)
Wichita plans to join a massive lawsuit against opioid makers, distributors and pharmacies.
The Wichita Eagle reports that the city council approved a law firm Tuesday to represent it in federal litigation in Ohio, where the flood of litigation over the opioid epidemic is being handled. Attorney Andrew Hutton says the city’s complaint could be filed by the end of the week.
Hutton said in a statement that opioid manufacturers used deceptive marketing to maximize profits. He says doctors were convinced to prescribe opioids, not just for cancer patients or those recovering from surgery, but also for chronic-pain sufferers, despite the risk of addiction.
The city wants to be compensated for costs such as opioid-related emergency calls. At the county level, the Wichita area had 148 opioid-related deaths last year.
(Read more: 1350 KMAN)
Some county residents whose homes have been repeatedly damaged by flooding may have the opportunity to use federal and local funds to move to a safer area.
But the number of people who will get the opportunity will likely be low, said Chad Voigt, Douglas County deputy director of public works.
“We’re talking about a fairly narrow scope here, but it is an opportunity,” he said.
Read more: LJWorld.com.
City leaders have deferred action on the proposed Lawrence-Douglas County comprehensive plan in order to further discuss a new growth policy that some think could increase the cost of housing.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to defer the adoption of Plan 2040 on second reading. The plan has a new growth policy that prioritizes infill development and adds requirements for developers who want to expand the city’s boundaries.
As currently proposed, the plan includes a requirement that developers provide some kind of community benefit if they want to annex land to expand the city.
Read more: LJWorld.com.
Obtaining or renewing a Kansas driver’s license, a service provided by the state of Kansas, has greatly improved in Johnson County in the past year since the opening of the third Driver’s License Bureau by the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles. While the county takes care of vehicle registration and titling and the state takes care of licenses and ID’s, I still wanted to share this updated information.
The state opened the third bureau, located at 7600 West 119th St. in the Rosana Square Shopping Center, Overland Park, 10 months ago to support the population growth of Johnson County. Since then, the newest office has helped to reduce long lines and lengthy wait times at the other two driver’s licenses offices at 13507 Mur-Len Road in Olathe and at 6507 Johnson Drive in Mission.
(Read more: Prairie Village Post – Neighborhood news and events for Prairie Village, Fairway, Mission Hills)
The City of Garden City has been selected to receive a $30,000 play space grant from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and The Walt Disney Company.
According to a media release, this investment supports NRPA and Disney’s combined goal of providing one million kids and families with greater access to play.
As part of the national Meet Me at the Park Play Spaces grant program, park and recreation agencies across the country were invited to share their best ideas on increasing access to play spaces for children and families in their communities. Agencies with the most innovative and impactful project ideas were chosen to receive $30,000 grants to build their projects.
(Read more: Greater Garden City » Feed)
When school started at Skyline USD 438 on Aug. 26 in Pratt, students began using a wide variety of supplies necessary classrooms to function.
For the second year in a row, nearly all those supplies were provided by the district. The usual $50 to $70 most families spend per student at the start of each school year was eliminated by district funding, and families in the area, especially those with several students in the district, were appreciative.
“Between school fees and lunch fees, by the time families pay for supplies, August can have a lot of expense in it,” said Diane House, grade school principal and mother of three Skyline students.
(Read more: Newton Kansan)
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