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New faces in Kansas policing shaking up the status quo
One is a combat veteran and former military criminal investigator. Another is a seasoned commander who moved to Kansas from the Austin, Texas, police department. A third oversaw law enforcement at the University of Colorado Boulder. But with only one or two years on the…
New Garden City ground beef plant opens, bringing region 250 jobs
It has been years in the making, but on Wednesday, Empirical Foods is opening is its new beef production facility in Garden City. The new plant is 280,000 square feet and is located at Jennie Barker Road and U.S. Highway 400. The facility will produce…
Hutchinson City Council discusses data centers
Members of the Hutchinson City Council finally spoke publicly about their views regarding data centers during Tuesday night’s city council meeting at City Hall. Council member Stacy Goss kicked off the discussion during council comments towards the end of the four-and-a-half hour meeting. “First thing…
Wichita police to buy robot dog for bomb squad but not one for SWAT. Here’s why
Wichita police will buy a single robot dog for $340,000, the Wichita City Council decided in a narrow 4-3 vote Tuesday. The vote was initially delayed last month so council members could learn more about the police department’s technology at its March 24 workshop meeting.…
Wichita likely to dissolve Land Bank program
The program, established in 2021, was intended to buy and sell properties to encourage affordable housing in the city’s core, but the city was unable to acquire land for the program, mainly through Sedgwick County tax foreclosure sales and donations. Read more: Wichita Eagle
Wichita’s cost of living rose over the last year, but one KS city saw a decrease
Wichita’s cost of living saw a slight increase from 2024 to 2025, according to a new report by financial website SmartAsset, while residents of another city in Kansas saw relief. SmartAsset named Wichita the 174th location nationally for increase in cost of living over a…
Pittsburg to host conference on mining history
Pittsburg has been selected to host this year’s annual Mining History Association (MHA) conference between May 28 and May 31. This marks the first time in 36 years the MHA has held its conference between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River, signaling a recognition…
City commission to vote on new public comment policy
City commissioners on Tuesday will decide whether to change their meeting policies concerning public comment. They will vote on a resolution which repeals existing policy and proposes changes to how residents may address the commission. Each speaker would still have three minutes per item, but…
County hears pushback to data centers
On March 31, for the third time in the month, government leaders from Sedgwick County and the city of Wichita heard from a crowded room of area residents with a fairly unified message regarding the development of data centers — no thanks. With no zoning…
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