Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt visited and toured the Ember Hope Youthville campus in Newton on Aug. 12, where he was able to view a pair of buildings which will be under new use when renovation and recruitment is complete.
Spies in Disguise 7 p.m. on DISN Will Smith and Tom Holland both earned rave reviews for their voice work in the lead roles of this 2019 computer-animated spy comedy co-helmed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno.
Intersection repair planned The east-west leg through the intersection of 14th Street and South Kansas Avenue will be closed for repairs beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, August 16, and will reopen on the evening of Wednesday, August 17.
7:30 p.m. on SYFY Though it flamed out fast at the 2013 summer box office, this scifi tale directed and co-written by M.
There is a good chance a letter from the Harvey County Clerk’s office is arriving in the mailbox - one that homeowners may not have seen before. And while it might resemble a bill, it is not.
The Consumer Price Index pegged inflation at 8.5 percent for July when comparing prices from 2021 to 2022. Vehicles, however, have seen higher price increases during that time. The CPI reported an inflationary rate of 10.4 percent for new vehicles - something that is being felt by local governments as they attempt to replace vehicles. Harvey County is feeling that pinch, having dealt with supply chain and production issues dating back at least two years as attempts have been made to purchase vehicles for multiple departments. The most recent attempt, a bid to replace a pickup truck for the parks department, provides an example of how chip shortages, logistical problems, production problems and inflation have created a struggle.
TOPEKA — Merely mentioning it in court could lead to a mistrial. Jury nullification, where juries look the other way when someone breaks a law they find unjust, can help a defendant land an acquittal.
The locations of lead service lines seem like the sort of thing someone would know, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said Thursday. But as cities and counties across the U.S. grew, water utilities didn’t keep track of them all. Now, they’re finally required to find them. The Environmental Protection Agency’s updated lead and copper rule requires utilities to create a lead service line inventory by October 2024. Lead pipes — and infrastructure in general — is the sort of thing people don’t worry about until something has gone wrong, Davids said. “That’s why it’s so important for us to be thinking about these infrastructure investments now so that in 50 years from now our children and grandchildren aren’t looking back and saying
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