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Tours of historic Topeka mansion open with 150th anniversary celebration
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Shawnee County Parks and Recreation (SCP+R) will be holding a 150th anniversary celebration next month for a historic park in Topeka. Sean Zears with the SCP+R announced in a press release on Thursday, Aug. 29 that community members are invited to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ward-Meade Mansion at Old Prairie […]
Salina Wellness Champions Highlight Local Foods Initiatives
An event this week featured presentations from a couple of people from Salina who are on the forefront of wellness advocacy. According to Live Well Saline County, Michelle Coats, Mobility Manager for North Central Kansas and Daniel Craig, Cancer Outreach Coordinator at Tammy Walker Cancer Center, presented at the Kansas Local Food Summit in Wichita on August 28th. They highlighted efforts in Saline County to leverage funding to address food bank access and safety at the Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank. Their presentation touched on grant funded initiatives that expanded the community garden, funded site plan development, solar lighting, car and bike parking improvements, and sidewalks connecting to the local business corridor and public transportation.
Time limit added to public comments for Shawnee Co. revenue neutral rate hearing
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Those wishing to give public comments during Shawnee County’s upcoming revenue neutral rate hearing will now have a four minute time limit. Shawnee County Commissioners notified attendees during Thursday’s weekly meeting. The timer will be visible for everyone to see. Additionally, speakers are allotted...
Shockers Open Season at Terry Masterson Twilight Classic
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Head coach Kirk Hunter is sending a group of Shockers to race at the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic, hosted by Hutchinson CC Friday evening at the Fun Valley Sports Complex. The women will race in the 3-mile at 8:30 p.m., followed by the men in the...
Wyandotte County cuts hours for community centers after Labor Day
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A significant shift will take place in Wyandotte County after Labor Day. The Unified Government in Kansas City, Kan., announced its six recreation and community centers will be closed Sundays and Mondays going forward. Other hours during the week will also change. The buildings will...
Kansas City-based union members welcome indictment of leaders. But will it bring change?
“We’ve never had a voice in the election of leaders,” said Adam Mendenhall, of Kansas City-based Local 83. “ ... There’s not very much union about the Boilermakers union.”
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self believes his roster now has the starter-depth he's wanted
LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self isn’t sure if his consistent rotation this upcoming season will expand to 10 players. Self, speaking Wednesday during a Bleacher Report livestream interview, considers nine a possibility. Over the course of the offseason, the Jayhawks recruited well and added the depth they lacked at times last...
Area native returns to serve Valley Falls Family Medicine
Valley Falls Family Medicine will gain a new doctor this month in Dr. Elizabeth Wolfe-Meyer, a Nortonville native who has returned home to serve her community following medical school and training. Dr. Wolfe-Meyer will fill the vacancy left behind by the retirement of Dr. Larry Campbell in April of 2021....
40,000 mail-in ballots used in 2024 Kansas Primary election
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Kansas Secretary of State’s (SOS) office is releasing its final count for the 2024 Primary election Thursday. The State Board of Canvassers, made up of the secretary of state, governor and attorney general, have reviewed the results of the Primary collected from all 105 counties in Kansas, according to the SOS. In […]
Rain Thursday but clear skies, cooler for Labor Day weekend
Hays received .93 inches of rain at the Eagle Media Center, 2300 Hall, on Thursday. No official K-State Ag Research Center report has been received as of this post. Hays has received 5.18 inches of rain for August and 19.08 inches of precipitation year to date. That exceeds the 3.01-inch...
Garage sale sets stage for father, son team's original musical
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka father and son have joined to create an original musical. You can be among the first to hear it. Playwright Doug Goheen visited Eye on NE Kansas with Teri Walton, one of the actor’s who’ll be part of a special reading of the show.
Prisoner whose escape in a dog crate became a movie dies behind bars
An inmate who once escaped from prison by hiding in a dog crate, and whose story inspired a book and a movie, died behind bars on Sunday at the age of 45 in Arizona. John Manard managed to escape from a prison in Lansing, Kansas, in 2006, while serving a life sentence for a suburban Kansas City killing.
Dairy Queen plan put on ice while negotiations with city continue after CID proposal falls short 3-2
The Liberal City Commission found itself revisiting discussion of community improvement during a special meeting Tuesday afternoon. The main topic of the meeting was the use Community Improvement District (CID) and how they should be approached. A proposal for the use of a CID for a Dairy Queen project had come before the commission at its Aug. 13 meeting from Damien Denmark.
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