Special to the Kansan TOPEKA — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) concluded a $6.89 million replacement of the state’s searchable database that collects, manages,… Login to continue reading Login…
Fireworks season is about to begin in Newton, with sales of the incendiary devices set to start June 27. The city voted in January to… Login to continue reading Login…
Recently the county treasurer’s office mailed more than 770 delinquent tax notices, letting property owners know how much was owed and that the roll call of delinquent properties will be published as required by law in the official newspaper of the county.
June 24 Fred VanRanken, superintendent of USD 373, looked around the room at his six current bosses and spoke frankly about how those six have worked together for the last 18 months.He chose his words very carefully, and acknowledged the awkward position he believed he was in after being asked by a prospective board member about how the board has functioned as of late.“We became a dysfunctional leadership unit about a year and a half ago and we have not recovered,” VanRanken said.
Students in Newton Youth Theater have been practicing about two weeks for this moment – a pair of dramatic productions will stage today and tomorrow.… Login to continue reading Login…
Sedgwick County appeared poised to follow its ban on wind farms with widely vetted regulations that would allow acre after acre of solar panels pumping renewable energy into the electrical grid.Instead, the county still has a moratorium on the construction of large-scale solar farms.“Boils down to a simple phrase: not in my backyard,” said Walt Chappell, a solar power booster and longtime critic of local government.The stall leaves the industry frustrated and some environmentalists upset that objections from neighbors who’d be near a proposed Chisholm Trail utility-scale solar project west of Maize may have blocked the project.Sedgwick County needed regulations for the relatively new form of industrial development — and it got high marks from the industry and federal agencies for what the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission drafted.But after the county was confronted with a specific solar farm proposed for the northwest suburbs of Wichita, local officials balked in March and extended the county’s moratorium for six months.What planning and public policy experts sayKimberly Svaty is a Topeka-based lobbyist for the firm, Invenergy, that wants to build the Chisholm Trail Solar Energy Center.
TOPEKA — The Kansas secretary of state said Monday the presidential preference primary in March cost nearly $2 million less than anticipated by the Kansas Legislature due to lack of competitive races in the major political parties and disinterest among the state’s voters.Only 9% of registered Kansans took part in the presidential primary election that cost taxpayers $2.78 million, Secretary of State Scott Schwab said.
Konner Lynne Hayes, 29, Newton died during an auto accident on I-135 June 22.
Gina Corrigan, the owner of Gina’s Hair Studio in Newton, was overwhelmed June 22 by a “Poker Run” hosted in her honor.
It’s been a long time coming for the debate program at Newton High School but this year history was made.