County leaders seek to tighten five year capital plan
Douglas County commissioners debated the five year capital improvement plan with staff proposals for 15 projects including Baldwin rebuild on Sixth Street and Kasold Road work. Taul signaled he would be a no vote at budget time while Jones pressed for upfront funding and less debt. Chairman Nieder backed the need for most projects, with staff to revise the plan for further discussion.
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Douglas County
Baldwin
Sixth Street
Kasold Road
31St Street
South Lawrence
Tom Taul
Taul
Charles Jones
Lawrence
Jones
Commission
Dean Nieder
County moves Stull Road down improvement list
Douglas County approves a five year plan shifting Stull Road reconstruction to second priority. The plan funds 750000 to rebuild a 2 percent mile segment of Stull Road while federal support for roads and bridges totals about 391000 annually. Commission chair Nieder cites state highway uncertainty as a concern.
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Douglas County
Stull
U.S. Highway 40
Lecompton
Douglas County Commission
Lawrence
Topeka
Commission
Dean Nieder
Stull Road
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Brookville Hotel to move famed chicken dinner to Abilene
The Martin family will relocate the Brookville Hotel chicken dinners from Brookville to Abilene by next Easter due to sewage odor from Brookville’s septic system. The move aims to open a new Brookville Hotel in Abilene near Interstate 70, with plans to serve about 130,000 meals annually plus 20,000 catering.
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Brookville
Abilene
Martin
Mark Martin
Connie
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
AP Puoro
Daniel Zachary
BBB Warns of Telephone Scam Targeting Seniors
The Better Business Bureau warns area residents about a phone scam asking for personal data to switch telephone providers. Victims are urged to never reveal credit card or Social Security numbers to unsolicited calls. The warning cites Y2K fears and notes scammers use misleading numbers and claim company ties.
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Better Business Bureau
Joyce Woodard
BBB
Topeka
Lawrence
Woodard
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Pennsylvania
Mike Scott
Southwestern Bell
Rick Nickell
Nickell
Officials charge 26 in drug crackdown
Twenty six people face federal or Shawnee County charges over nine months of drug activity at Pine Ridge public housing complex in Topeka. Fifteen defendants face 53 federal counts, 11 others face 26 local counts. most charges involve cocaine, with meth and marijuana also present.
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Toreka
Pine Ridge Complex
Eastcentral
Topeka
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jackie Williams
U.S
Kansas
Williams
Nancy Brown
HUD
Spe
Cial
Larry Welch
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Shawnee County
Joan Hamilton
Dean Forster
Kansas City
Kan
Osage City
Tonganoxie
Phoenix
Welch
Brown
Pine Ridge
Hamilton
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