All Schools Day has become an annual community tradition in McPherson. It’s actually a weeklong event whose highlight is a massive parade that attracts between 30,000 and 40,000 people to the central Kansas town. “I believe we’re the oldest continuous parade in Kansas,” Rausch said. This year’s 100th anniversary All Schools Day parade is set …
Douglas County officials took another step this week toward establishing a “food hub” that would make it easier for area restaurants, grocery stores and other institutions to offer locally grown fruits, vegetables and meats to their customers. The county’s Food Policy Council said it is applying for a $58,250 grant from the U.S. Department of …
Prairie Village mayor Ron Shaffer used his quarterly column in the city’s “Village Voice” newsletter to take a hard stand against two pieces of state legislation that he says threaten Prairie Village’s “home rule authority” … At issue, Shaffer says, are two laws: one that would force the city to allow guns in municipal buildings …
Without rules, anything goes. And that worries Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Jim Skelton, who has pushed for a formal set of rules for conducting meetings since he joined the commission in 2011. On Wednesday, his fellow board members will vote on a resolution to adopt rules of procedure. (Read more: Wichita Eagle: News Updates)
Toni Beck told the Topeka Planning Commission in December about how the construction of a storage facility in west Topeka’s Westboro neighborhood hurt the values of surrounding properties. Beck, the president of the Westboro Homeowners Association, asked the city to empower neighborhoods to form “Neighborhood Conservation Districts” to protect themselves from similar incompatible developments contrary …
A scale model of downtown Wichita, including architectural ideas for the city’s downtown property, will be unveiled May 8 at the Wichita Downtown Development Corp. The model, and conceptual drawings of the possible uses for the eight city-owned “catalyst” sites – five downtown and three along the Arkansas River – will be on display from …
A school nurse, Community Corrections administrator and police captain are the 2013 Excellence in Public Service award winners in Wichita, Sedgwick County and USD 259. Kimber Kasitz, a school nurse; Jay Holmes, a county Community Corrections administrator; and John Speer, a captain with the Wichita Police Department, were honored Friday in separate announcements at their …
In public forums concerning the proposed 0.5-percent county sales tax, county officials have presented voters with two options: sales tax or property tax. However, Ellis County commissioners Dean Haselhorst and Swede Holmgren have said they would not increase property taxes to fund construction of a new EMS/rural fire building, as well as expansion and renovation …
Lakin PRIDE volunteers are set to join others in accepting community development awards today at the 2013 edition of the Kansas PRIDE Program’s Day of PRIDE. The annual celebration and idea exchange is being co-hosted by Wilson and Lucas, neighboring PRIDE communities. Lakin was tapped to receive a 2013 PRIDE COE award, said Diana Loeppke, …
Sharrows have arrived in Wichita, the latest upgrade for riders from the city’s bicycle master plan. Sharrows — shared lane markings, or the symbol of a bicycle on the street to tell Wichita-area drivers that bicycles use the same lane — have been painted at the intersection of 21st Street and 135th Street West. Scott …
A sprawling warehouse campus going up east of Baldwin City is expected to make the area a major distribution center for the nation — and beyond. BNSF Railway Co. is building a 443-acre, state-of-the-art intermodal center in Edgerton. Now, when businesses ship their products by rail to the Kansas City, Mo., area, they will no …
There’s an unbroken circle of blight in Wichita, city officials say, and it’s found in the stories: • A decaying northeast Wichita house was home for years to an elderly man — blind, in a wheelchair, on a fixed income. But the home was a trap, too, with a broken ramp, tattered interior and raw sewage …
The City of Prairie Village wants your feedback on the 2014 Budget. In the past, residents only had the opportunity to provide feedback on the budget at City Council meetings or directly to their council member. Now you can also share feedback online using our New Budget Simulator. The Budget Simulator allows users to choose …
When Brad Anderson interviewed for his job, he looked for assurance that he and his department would be given the same importance as Salina’s other city departments, such as police and public works. Confident he wouldn’t be regarded simply as an “add-on” or “icing on the cake,” Anderson took the job and has been at …
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback recently signed legislation which could allow armed citizens to be seated in local courtrooms during session, according to Pratt County Sheriff Vernon Chinn. Courthouses can be secured with one entrance, similar to what is done in the big cities, including metal detectors, or licensed concealed carry individuals will be allowed to …