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Inside JCPRD: Empower your future at Live Well Age Well 2024!
JCPRD’s 50 Plus Program is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated Live Well Age Well, coming up on Thursday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year, we’re back at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, located at 8788 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park.
Great Bend Alive takes reins of Downtown Christmas Window Decorating Contest
From Great Bend Economic Development... Great Bend Alive, the downtown development arm of Great Bend Economic Development, announces that they have been entrusted with organizing the Downtown Christmas Window Decorating Contest. This beloved annual event, previously managed by the Rosewood Santas Around the World Committee, has brought holiday cheer to our community for four wonderful seasons.
JoCo cities were asked to help fund homeless shelter. The response has been mixed.
Johnson County chair Mike Kelly faced a tough room Monday, as he and Stephanie Boyer, CEO of Kansas City nonprofit reStart, made their case for a county homeless shelter and service center to the Gardner City Council. The council grilled the pair on security at the shelter, the site’s availability...
Tackling the unheralded (but impressive) playing career of Michigan coach Sherrone Moore
He broke the table with his fist. It was a Thursday evening on the campus of Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, before a massive showdown with rival Coffeyville, and the Grizzlies were coming off one of their worst practices of the season. If you purchase a product or...
Et Cetera Shop announces donations
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Et Cetera Shop, 22 North Main in Hutchinson, recently distributed second quarter donations to the following non profits. · Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)--$10,000—MCC designated Et Cetera’s donation to a project in Zambia where severe drought has affected food production and access to water. MCC is partnering with the Compassionate Ministry of the Brethren in Christ Church of Zambia to help alleviate the hunger of 475 families.
Mastermind McPherson County grant apps needed
MCPHERSON, Kan. — The McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) is now accepting applications for their Mastermind McPherson County grant process. Applications can be submitted now until September 15 by clicking here. The process will be open to county non-profits, government organizations and local community groups. In order for a...
Apartment complex addition to address drainage issues per report to Emporia Planning Commission Tuesday evening
Based on engineer plans, a new addition to an Emporia apartment complex could address a longtime drainage issue. During the Emporia Planning Commission’s monthly meeting Tuesday evening, commissioners considered and ultimately recommended approval of a rezoning request for property at 1200 Whittier Place Lane from single-family detached to multi-family. The request comes as developers are planning to add a third complex to the property.
‘I Just Think the World of the Kid’
Kansas State's Brian Anderson wore a grin that filled the team interview room at the Vanier Family Football Complex, as the 29-year coaching veteran and sixth-year running backs coach was swarmed by reporters at the conclusion of the Wildcats' training camp. The normally happy-go-lucky Anderson got down to business. The...
Cryptocurrency ‘pig butchering' scam wrecks Kansas bank, sends ex-CEO to prison for 24 years
The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million. Shan Hanes, pronounced Shane, sent the funds from Heartland Tri-State Bank to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped him in a "pig butchering" scheme that appealed to his greed, federal prosecutors said.
New Kansas Planned Parenthood clinic expands abortion access for Oklahomans
PITTSBURG, Kan. — A new Planned Parenthood clinic opening Monday in southeast Kansas will be the closest abortion access point for many people in the South and expects to have patients from six states in its first five days — Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Kansas saw a 369% increase in...
Kansas school principal who helped hand out Bibles to students violated constitution, ACLU says
TOPEKA — A Kansas elementary school principal who invited an evangelical Christian missionary to pass out Bibles to students during their recess in May violated the First Amendment, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas warned Monday in a letter to the district. Katie Struebing, the principal of East Elementary School in the roughly 2,000-person […]
Kansas community colleges report increase in students living on campus as fall semester begins
GARDEN CITY — Community colleges across Kansas are reporting an increase in students living on campus as classes resume for the fall semester. According to the Kansas Association of Community Colleges, institutions in the southwest quadrant of the state reached 100% capacity for on-campus housing a few weeks before the scheduled start of classes.
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