Topeka ? Federal statistics show Kansas is seeing slower private-sector job growth than the U.S. as a whole, while unemployment in the state declined in October to 4.4 percent.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Kansas gained 13,900 private-sector jobs in October compared with October ...
Sandy and Ray Bichelmeyer have lofty hopes for downtown Tonganoxie.More restaurants and specialty shops dotting Fourth Street would mean a revitalized district. The uptick in such shops, they envision, would make Tonganoxie a destination spot where travelers stop for a spell.The downtown push, ...
A company says a report that Kansas has one of the highest rates of vacant foreclosures in the country reflects the small number of foreclosures in the state, not problems in the housing market.RealtyTrac says Kansas has the third-highest rate of vacancies, with 31 percent of its homes in the ...
Wichita ? Winter wheat planting in Kansas is almost finished.The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 93 percent of the wheat has been planted in the state. About 82 percent has now emerged.Kansas farmers were also busy bringing in fall crops during the past week. About ...
Omaha, Neb. ? A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwestern and Plains has dropped again.A survey report issued early Monday says the overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index fell in October to 51.8 from 54.3 in September. The figure was from 57.2 in August.Creighton University ...
Pittsburg ? Odds are better for a casino in southeast Kansas after a second developer expressed interest in the project.The Joplin Globe reports Southeast Kansas Casino Group said this week it was interested in developing a casino, hotel and restaurant on 200 acres of privately owned land ...
Wichita ? A Wichita-based trade advisory firm is working with Kansas communities to identify companies that seem ready to export but haven't yet.Staff for the nonprofit Kansas Global Trade Services and the state of Kansas will speak at six gatherings of local government and business leaders ...
Paola ? Friends of a man who apparently drowned at Hillsdale Lake while boating with his children say he was a devoted family man and respected kickboxer.Authorities say 45-year-old Mark Selbee drowned at Hillsdale Lake on Saturday. His body was recovered Sunday evening from the lake in Miami ...
Tonganoxie again will have an convenience store open 24 hours.Casey's General Store, 220 West St., will be open 24 hours starting Monday.Fastrax, 420 Stone Creek Drive, operated as a 24-hour store for about eight years before cutting its hours back in October 2011.
A fourth-generation Wyandotte County resident, Mark Holland, mayor and CEO of the Kansas City, Kan./Wyandotte County Unified Government, noted that KCK has had a rise and fall.He is seeing it rise again.Holland was keynote speaker at last week’s Tonganoxie Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards ...
