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With an increase in water rate usage and the previous summer’s drought, the Andover City Mayor, Ronnie Price, has made his voice clear: he no longer wants to buy water from Wichita for Andover residents. Mayor Price says he’d like to avoid future issues like these by connecting Andover to the El Dorado Lake, but is it sustainable? The City Manager of El Dorado, David Dillner, says yes.
The City of Andover is excited to announce a brand-new spring event, HeritageFest, inviting residents and visitors to step back in time and celebrate a unique part of Andover’s history. Inspired by the city’s rich railroad past, this first-ever spring celebration will take place on Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Heritage (360 S Heritage Way).
On a day when dangerously cold weather forced the Internal Revenue Service to close its downtown processing center, hundreds of probationary employees are on notice that their jobs are likely going away.
TOPEKA — The Kansas House shelved a proposal Thursday setting fee limits on government agencies responding to public requests under the Kansas Open Records Act and unanimously pivoted to a bill compelling a good-faith effort to control costs for searching, redacting or delivering documents.
Nikole Babb nbabb@cherryroad.com BRRR! School is cancelled on Thursday, Feb. 20 for the following school districts due to dangerously low wind chills: -Augusta Public Schools USD 402 -Circle Public Schools…
Nikole Babb, nbabb@cherryroad.com Tell the kids the good news! One more snow day for Wednesday, February 19 is being called by the following school districts: -Andover Public Schools USD 385-Augusta…
TOWANDA - At Circle Public Schools, we believe strong leadership is key to creating exceptional learning experiences for our students. To continue building on our district’s vision and momentum, we’re excited to announce a series of administrative moves that reflect our commitment to student success, staff support, and school improvement.
The Butler Shooting Sports team finished up their first fall season. The team participated in 3 disciplines; trap, skeet and sporting clays. The league included all community colleges and universities in the nation and teams were split into 6 conferences with approximately ten teams per conference. For trap, the team placed 9th in our division. The skeet division was a new discipline for all on the team and everyone improved as the season progressed.
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas performed a political duet with a California lawmaker for the introduction of federal legislation allowing independent artists, producers and labels to deduct from income taxes up to $150,000 in production expenses for new recordings.
TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas said a freeze on federal funding and change at the U.S. Agency for International Development left $340 million in lifesaving food grown in the United States sitting at domestic ports awaiting delivery to locations around the world where people were starving.