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Overdraft fees follow payroll switch the county was warned against

Bourbon County used to run its payroll inside CIC, the same program it uses to keep its books. In August 2025 the county commission voted to stop doing that and to pay Emerson & Company for access to its PayEntry software instead. Before the vote, the county clerk warned commissioners that PayEntry would not fit the county’s accounting system.

Bourbon County, KS · 1d
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AmericanMaid expects about 100 jobs at the former Timken plant

FORT SCOTT — AmericanMaid, a California maker of plastic housewares, is moving into the former Timken building at 4505 Campbell Drive and expects to create about 100 jobs in its first year, City Manager Brad Matkin announced Tuesday, Nov. 3. Matkin said in a post on the city’s Facebook...

Fort Scott, KS · 1d
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The Kansas City Star

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Fast-food chain has closed two Johnson County restaurants. More remain open

Arby’s has shut down two of its restaurants in Johnson County, leaving a suburb with just one location remaining. Two Arby’s restaurants in Olathe have closed: 13790 S. Black Bob Road and 18615 W. 151st St. Signs direct customers to the remaining Olathe spot: 18060 W. 119th St. Arby’s has yanked the addresses of both closed locations from its website. The Star contacted Arby’s parent company, Inspire Brands, for comment. The company did not respond Wednesday. Flynn Group, a popular franchisee with dozens of Kansas locations, also did not respond. There does not appear to be any other affected locations. Managers at several different Johnson County locations said they had not been alerted of a closure. About 14 Arby’s locations remain in the metro. Spots in Johnson County include: 15021 Metcalf Ave. in Overland Park, 9525 Santa Fe Drive in Overland Park and 11445 W. 63rd St. in Shawnee. No national closings have been reported this month, but late last year, Arby’s quietly closed dozens of locations after sales dropped by more than 6%, according to reporting from TheStreet. Arby’s has been serving roast-beef sandwiches, curly fries and shakes since its inception in 1964.

Johnson County, KS · 3d

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To Leave or Not to Leave?

The flaming maples are bright, and the leaves are starting to fall! You can help keep Grandview looking great by properly disposing of your leaves and yard waste. City Ordinance prohibits placing or blowing any kind of yard waste into City streets. Leaves block our catch basins and plug our storm sewers, which can cause flooding. Gather your leaves, grass clippings and other yard waste and dispose of them with your trash hauler.

Grandview, MO · 5d

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Old Courthouse Squares Across Missouri Still Have These 6 Diners Serving Plate Lunches

Missouri still has plenty of towns where the courthouse sits in the middle of everything and lunch happens right across the street. These old squares were built for court days, farm errands, and Saturday shopping, and a few of them still feed people the same way they always have. You...

Missouri · 2d

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Johnson County voters weigh in on old courthouse preservation

Johnson County voters answered two questions on how to preserve the old courthouse and how to pay for the work.

Johnson County, MO · 1d

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Lee's Summit voters decline citywide trash service; neighbors protect 'freedom of choice'

— Lee's Summit voters have decided to keep their freedom to choose who takes out their trash. On Tuesday, voters rejected a ballot question that would have approved a single citywide trash hauler, reducing the number of service providers in the areas. Those living in Homeowners Associations that contracted separately...

Lee'S Summit, MO · 2d

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Grassroots surge and school funding concerns flip Missouri Senate District 8 after two decades of GOP control

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - Voters and organizers in Missouri Senate District 8 described frustration, grassroots organizing, and concern about public education in conversations with KCTV5 after Democrat Keri Ingle won a seat that had not been held by a Democrat in two decades. Missouri Senate District 8 covers parts...

Missouri · 2d

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Kansas voters turned out in historic numbers, driven by high-stakes races and ballot issues

Kansas voters turned out in high numbers on Tuesday to weigh in on contentious races for governor and the U.S. Senate. The Kansas secretary of state's office said at least 1 million votes were cast, and officials think that's in the state's top three for voter turnout in a nonpresidential election year.

Johnson County, KS · 2d

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Kansas Is Home To A Massive Christmas Warehouse That Makes Holiday Shopping Magical

More than 40 kinds of poinsettias fill one holiday shop, and some of them aren’t red or white at all. That alone made me look twice. The same place has been spraying fake snow onto real trees since 1964. Every winter, the greenhouses glow with twinkle lights from floor...

Overland Park, KS · 4d

FOX4 News Kansas City

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Kansas City sinkhole reveals deeper problem

Kansas City, MO · 3d

The Kansas City Star

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Paul Rudd, Overland Park get a shout-out when CNN announces Adam Hamilton victory

Welp, we did not have “Paul Rudd” on our election night bingo card. But the “Ant-Man” actor scored a surprise shout-out as Jake Tapper on CNN announced that Adam Hamilton defeated Kansas Senator Roger Marshall in a shocking win Tuesday. Tapper threw the live coverage to Hamilton headquarters in Overland Park, “the home of Paul Rudd,” he said. Rudd, born in New Jersey, spent much of his childhood in Johnson County then studied theater at the University of Kansas. And Tapper would know that because the CNN anchor is a regular celebrity guest at Big Slick, the annual Children’s Mercy fundraiser that Rudd co-hosts. In October, Rudd co-hosted a get-out-the-vote event in New York with “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The event raised money for Latino Victory Project and Onward Together , nonprofit groups that work on voter mobilization and getting people involved in the political process. Jimmy Fallon, Adam Scott and Rita Wilson were among the celebrities who participated.

Overland Park, KS · 4d

The Kansas City Star

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Rev. Hamilton is going to Washington. What will that mean for his church?

Rev. Hamilton is going to Washington. But how often will he come back? Kansans have reasons to wonder, having just booted Sen. Roger Marshall from office Tuesday, in part because of how absent he seemed from the state he represented. Few believed Marshall was rushing back on weekends to the one-bedroom hunting shack he kept in rural Stafford County. His million-dollar vacation home in Sarasota, Florida, seemed a more likely destination when he wasn’t in Washington. Even if Senator-elect Adam Hamilton, who defeated Marshall, wanted to spend his free time on a white-sand Florida beach, he has a practical reason to come home. He has a church to run — and not just any church, but the largest United Methodist congregation in the country, the Leawood-based Church of the Resurrection, with 25,000 members. And he intends to keep running it, at least part-time. Resurrection laid out Hamilton’s plans in a detailed announcement Wednesday. In the short term, Hamilton will attend Senate orientation in Washington, then take a previously planned two-week vacation with his wife, LaVon. He’ll return to the pulpit Nov. 29 and continue leading services through Christmas. “I can hardly wait to return to a regular preaching schedule for

Kansas · 1d

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473 Workers in Kansas City Face Layoffs. Here's the Good News

473 Kansas City, Missouri workers learned they will be jobless starting in early February, but there's good news, too.

Kansas City, MO · 1d

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See the progress for first Buc-ee’s in Kansas City, Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first Kansas Buc-ee’s Travel Center continues to take shape as it’s been just over one year since the initial groundbreaking. Over the past couple of days, the Cleveland Construction company shared updates on Facebook to show what has been done in the last 12 months.

Wyandotte County, KS · 1d

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Inside Kansas City's newest bookstore: Hardback Books

Kansas City, MO · 1d

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Lenexa meeting gets heated as councilmember calls for censure of colleagues over open meetings violation

The Lenexa City Council meeting on Tuesday devolved into finger-pointing as two councilmembers went back and forth in a heated exchange over a ruling that several councilmembers broke Kansas’ open meetings law. From the dais on Tuesday, Councilmember Bill Nicks accused four other councilmembers of “secretly involving” him in...

Lenexa, KS · 2d

The Kansas City Star

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Johnson County voters led a ‘blue wave' in Kansas, further shifting to the left

Just 10 years ago, Donald Trump headlined a Republican sweep of the federal offices on the ballot in Johnson County. Since then, the suburban Kansas City county’s electorate has continued a yearslong trend of turning the previously purple county solidly blue. As a nationwide “blue wave” led to a hugely successful midterm election for Democratic candidates, Johnson County’s voters spearheaded the shift to the left in Kansas. Along with historically Democratic Wyandotte County, the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro has cemented itself as the political party’s stronghold in Kansas. An easy answer for the ongoing shift would be Republican President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, high gas prices and a war with Iran. But Deann Mitchell, chair for the Johnson County Democratic Party, said years of strategizing campaigns and recruiting pragmatic leaders to represent the party led to the historic election night. “It’s been 10 years of continuous work to turn Johnson County blue,” Mitchell said. At the forefront of the county’s Democratic push was wide support for Leawood pastor Adam Hamilton, who received more votes in the county than any candidate — even more than five-time elected Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids. Hamilton defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger

Johnson County, KS · 3d

The Kansas City Star

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Where to hear live jazz in Kansas City, from 18th & Vine to Waldo

For nearly three decades, Kansas City native Chalis O’Neal has been playing trumpet, performing at jazz venues throughout the metro and contributing to the city’s longstanding musical tradition. From Vine Street Brewing Co. in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District to Stock Hill and Lonnie’s Reno Club, O’Neal has performed at establishments offering audiences different ways to experience Kansas City’s jazz scene. He also recommends the Blue Room and Ted’s Taproom, which he describes as a newer destination for live jazz, food and drinks. Although Kansas City has a number of established jazz clubs, O’Neal says the music extends well beyond traditional performance venues, with restaurants, breweries and neighborhood bars regularly featuring local musicians. “Kansas City has a great jazz scene,” O’Neal said. “I believe I heard there’s over 50 venues around town, not necessarily jazz clubs, but 50 venues that offer jazz.” Vine Street Brewing Co. On Wednesday evenings, the upstairs taproom at Vine Street Brewing Co. becomes a gathering place for some of Kansas City’s jazz musicians, who come together to improvise, exchange ideas and create music in real time. The weekly jam session, known as “Office Hours,” is led by Kansas City trombonist Marcus Lewis and

Kansas City, MO · 3d

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Jackson County Property Assessment Issues Discussion at SKCA Monday, 6 p.m.

Hear from top elected officials in Jackson County about their plans to reform the county’s widely criticized property assessment process that has put many residents at risk of losing their homes because they can’t afford to pay inaccurate high assessments at the South Kansas City Alliance public meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, November 9, in the REAR BUILDING of the South Patrol Police Campus, 9701 Marion Park Dr.

Jackson County, MO · 1d