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Lenexa to use $1.4M in guest tax funds to help pay for 3&2 Baseball field upgrades
Lenexa will help the 3&2 Baseball Club upgrade its fields to artificial turf using more than $1 million in funds collected through the city’s transient guest tax. On Aug. 6, the council approved granting the club, a nonprofit organization which operates nine ball fields at its complex near 87th Street Parkway and Ridgeview Road.
Johnson Controls will host a hiring event Thursday
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Johnson Controls is looking for more workers. It is hosting a hiring event in Wichita on Thursday, Aug. 15, from noon until 5 p.m. The company says it is the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings. It continues to expand and needs to fill these positions:
Rain chances come to an end, seasonal temperatures and sunshine for weekend
ST. LOUIS – The cold front is moving through Friday morning, and we have a chance of a few more non-severe storms entering the region. Clouds decrease Friday morning and humidity remains high, so temperatures in the low to mid 90s will feel like the upper 90s. A cluster of storms looks to develop later […]
Owner of C-Street store dies at 61
The owner of a bee-themed boutique on Commercial Street has died. Soozeezbeez Honey Beetique announced Susi Caregnato's passing in a Facebook post this week. Caregnato's obituary at GreenlawnFuneralHome.com indicates the 61-year-old died Aug. 13 "after a brave battle with cancer." "She was one of a kind and we loved her...
K-State Agriculture Today: 1747 – Wheat Performance Tests…Cicada Killers
00:01:05 – Wheat Performance Tests, Part 1: K-State crop performance test coordinator, Jane Lingenfelser, starts today’s show with two segments to review the 2024 wheat performance tests in Kansas. In the first segment she discusses how the growing season faired for weather, disease and insects. 00:12:05 – Wheat...
Headlines for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Thousands Lose Power in Kansas, Missouri as Storms Rolled Through Wednesday Night. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KPR) — Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorms rolled through the area. Utility company Evergy says outages from the severe storms overnight peaked at about 37,000 customers without power throughout its service area - with Topeka, Wichita, Newton and Leavenworth heavily affected. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, Evergy had restored power for 65% of the affected customers. As of 4 p.m., about 4,500 customers were without power with about 360 outage events. A statement at the Evergy outage map website reported that the Wichita, Topeka, Newton and Leavenworth areas saw the greatest number of power outages. Evergy crews from surrounding communities have arrived to these areas to assist with power restoration. Damage reports have included broken poles, downed wires and trees in powerlines. In Topeka, where winds caused extensive damage to the power grid, restoration for some customers is expected to take until Friday evening. In the town of Sedgwick, nearly two dozen poles are being replaced, and work to restore some customers will take until Friday. Customers in other areas are expected to be restored by Thursday night. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for northeast Kansas and western Missouri late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.
PRCA Rodeo Results- Night One
The first night of the Inter-State Rodeo is in the books, with multiple competitions coming down to the wire. Quintonn Lunsford leads in bareback riding, with 73 points after opening night. Bryce Eck was the only other qualified rider, sitting in 2nd place with 70 points. In steer wrestling, Tucker...
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