KTA celebrates employee service anniversaries
The Kansas Turnpike Authority, (KTA), recognizes employees and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers assigned to the Turnpike who are celebrating service anniversaries.
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Kansas tax revenue projected to decline by $72M after tax cut bill
TOPEKA — Kansas is expected to take in about $72 million less in tax revenue next year than initial estimates projected, officials said.The revised state revenue estimate announced Friday is the first since Gov.
Kansas coalition push to end death penalty features Florida man’s story of wrongful conviction
LAWRENCE — Herman Lindsey knows firsthand how “bad actors” can lead to wrongful convictions in capital murder cases.After two witnesses who were threatened and promised compensation if they lied testified against him, Lindsey was convicted and sentenced to death.
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Four suspects identified in Towanda car burglaries; three juveniles
Three juveniles and one 18-year-old male have been identified on Friday night as suspects in a line of car burglaries.The Butler County Sheriff’s Office shared that deputies were dispatched to Towanda in the area of N 8th St and E Clay Hill Rd on the report of suspicious activity around 12:32am.
Flint Hills Rock turkey giveaway ends next week
Flint Hills Rock, a Douglass-based and locally owned online streaming radio service, has partnered with Walnut Valley Meat Market in El Dorado to give away four Thanksgiving turkeys.Until November 19, residents can visit several different stores within Butler County to put their name in the drawings for a Thanksgiving turkey.
Robin retires after 23 years
After working in the fashion and retail industry in El Dorado for more than 30 years, El Dorado native Robin Forpahl is ready to turn over a new stone and retire from her fashion store.Forpahl’s love of fashion began in the late 80’s when she took a job as a retail associate on N Main Street at RA Wells, a men and women’s clothing store, where she sold women’s clothing.
BCC Director of Redler Institute brings area students to Freddy’s headquarters
It’s not often high school students are given the opportunity to tour a nation-wide fast-food restaurant chain’s corporate headquarters, but that’s what Les Padzensky did last Thursday.Padzensky was recently named the Butler Community College’s, (BCC), Director of the Redler Institute of Culinary Art.
Kansas lawmaker Chris Croft ‘so stinking excited about the possibility’ of dissolving school boards
This story was originally published by The Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public interest.The Kansas House majority leader wants to dissolve school boards.
TFI Celebrates National Adoption Month
As National Adoption Month unfolds, we are delighted to honor Stacie Tush, Director of Performance & Risk Management, and her heartwarming journey to motherhood through adoption.