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Overland Park’s lone recycling center sees hundreds of cars per day. It’s running out of room
Overland Park is pondering ways to improve the city’s lone recycling center, which attracts thousands of users each year and takes in more than a million pounds of recyclable materials. Read more: Johnson County Post
Kansas’ oldest consecutive rodeo saddles up for its 88th year
The Flint Hills Rodeo in Strong City draws competitors and spectators from all over to fill a 6,000-seat arena. Read more: KSN-TV
Pittsburg, KS emerging as a promising data center location
The Pittsburg business community is optimistic about attracting more data centers to the area, as the city has been welcoming to the existing data center and has an airport industrial park with available property. Read more: KSNF/KODE
City starts Blue Envelope Program
The City of Pittsburg Police Department now provides access to the Blue Envelope Program, which bridges the communication gap for drivers with various disabilities and law enforcement. During traffic stops, if a driver shows law enforcement a blue envelope, this signals that the driver may…
Gigawatts, pipelines, and data centers
With more than 3,000 operations and 1,500 others in various stages of construction, the data center market is experiencing a large boom, rapidly growing all across the United States, including the Pittsburg and Four-State area. On Wednesday, Evergy Senior Director of External Affairs Jason Klindt…
After 24 years, Leawood settles on park plan for 1950s-era city hall site
Revised plans for a park at the site of the 1950s-era fire station and city hall on Lee Boulevard moved forward Tuesday with a unanimous vote of the Leawood Planning Commission. City leaders have been debating what to do with the outdated and little used…
Mulvane adds new tourism position
Coming back to a previously-tabled item, the Mulvane City Council heard support for a new director of tourism development position at its May 18 meeting. Through a more coordinated and strategic approach to tourism promotion and visitor engagement, the new tourism director would help increase…
Kansas cellphone ban leaves De Soto district leaders with questions
USD 232 in De Soto is gearing up to consider new policies and storage solutions this summer for the state’s new bell-to-bell personal device ban. Assistant superintendent Alvie Cater presented a timeline and potential options for implementing the state’s new ban on personal electronic devices…
Rural hospitals could see relief under bipartisan proposal co-sponsored by Kansas reps
A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House this week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii…
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