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Aaron Watson opens McCain Performance Series season
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University's McCain Performance Series kicks off the season with country star Aaron Watson at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. For more than 20 years, Aaron Watson has traveled the land as country music's ultimate underdog troubadour — an independent artist with the spirit of the American frontier in his veins and a self-made empire to match. Working without corporate backers, he reached the Top 10 of Billboard's country album chart five separate times, including "The Underdog," his 2015 set that landed at number one.
Toastique to celebrate grand opening on September 7
The grand opening of Toastique is officially set for Saturday, September 7. The new gourmet toast and juice cafe will be located at 9747 E 21st N St. Suite 115 within the Cambridge Marketplace. To help commemorate the day, the first 100 guests in line at Toastique’s community-focused Grand Opening...
Winter Family Provides Generous Gift for KU Gateway District Project
LAWRENCE, Kan. — With two generations of the Winter family having played football for the University of Kansas and decades of philanthropic support for KU Athletics, one might assume the family's recent gift to support the KU Gateway District was prompted by a love of athletics. But it was something more that moved three generations of Jayhawks to give.
Grand opening Friday morning for Five Below, coming soon for two other new Pavilions tenants
Another retail store at the Emporia Pavilions will open to shoppers this week. Five Below has its official grand opening ceremonies starting at 9:30 am Friday. Five Below is coming online ahead of Maurices, which is moving from Flinthills Mall by mid-September, and Old Navy, which has its main signage up — but Pavilions developer Spencer Thomson says it might not open until mid-October.
Downtown Emporia drainage still being discussed after Aug. 13 flooding
Conversations continue about ways to improve Emporia’s stormwater drainage, specifically in parts of downtown, after heavy rainfall during the early-morning hours of Aug. 13. Storms dumped anywhere from 4-6.25 inches of rain in a two-hour stretch across town. Both Emporia Public Works Director Dean Grant and Emporia Main Street...
Locally-owned taqueria Taco Naco expands with new State Line location
Since its debut in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, locally-owned taqueria Taco Naco has seen what co-owner Brian Goldman considers pretty explosive growth. Goldman and his wife Fernanda Reyes Gonzales opened their first brick-and-mortar storefront in Overland Park three years ago, after becoming increasingly popular as an Overland Park Farmers’ Market pop-up.
Caney Grocery Financial Situation Better
Under the advisement of American Wholesale Grocers, the Caney Grocery is sustaining itself. The store was one of the topics discussed during a lighter session of last night's Caney City Council. City Administrator Kelley Zellner says the numbers are beginning to balance. Zellner credits AWG for their help in getting...
Great Bend Innovation Center: Details on what it is and uses
When the rendering and location were revealed earlier this month of a $7 million innovation center to be built in Great Bend, many reactions were how extravagant the facility was and curiosity on its actual purpose in the community. “One of the things that makes me cringe the most is...
Proposed Private Cherryvale RV Park Hits Snag
The saga of a proposed RV park in Cherryvale is continuing. At last night's Cherryvale City Council meeting, council members voted to deny a request from Brett Hein of Kansas Equity Consultant Pros, LLC to vacate a city street near Neosho and Whelan. Hein's proposed RV park was a topic...
County looking at more 2025 cuts
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — At last week's Board of County Commissioners meeting, commission chair Randy Parks suggested some further cuts to the upcoming 2025 budget. "Some of the potential cuts that Commissioner Parks mentioned were cutting by 10% some of the partner agencies such as TECH, Horizons Mental Health, Museum, and then cutting Farmers Market and the County Fair," said Reno County Administrator Randy Partington. "Some of those, the impacts to them would be, they would have, well, 10% less money coming from the County or on the Farmers Market, I think it removed all $4,000, which they use for live bands during the Farmers Market. So I'm not sure what their other funds are, but each of the partner agencies would be impacted by that. The other internal county cuts would be, right now the budget has employee pay raises of a total of 5%, which is 2% cost of living, 3% pay for performance. Commissioner Parks had two scenarios, one going down to 4%, 2% and 2% total, or moving it down to 3.5%, which would all be cost of living increase. And then there's some discretionary positions, he would, there's three of those and he would cut one of those positions. That's a couple hundred, or it's about $60,000 there. The cuts to personnel increases, about $200,000. That would impact employees and their pay raises, but operations would continue."
Concert, circus and more coming to Old School in Cottonwood Falls
COTTONWOOD FALLS — The Chase County Old School Development District is set to host a variety of exciting events in the coming weeks, bringing the community together for fun, music, and entertainment. First up is a benefit concert featuring Weda Skirts at 7 p.m. Aug. 23, at the Old...
Salina and Saline County seek public input for downtown government buildings
Salina and Saline County are looking at reimagining the government spaces shared between them downtown and want the public's input. A series of study sessions by the governing bodies of both the city and county happen this week, leading to a public open house with initial concepts Thursday night. These study sessions, which are...
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