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Carson Theater in Norfolk

Carson Theater in Norfolk

Kevin and Heidi Cheng to Perform at Agora

News Staff
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Gifted, engaging, and energetic are just a few of the descriptors that have been used in connection with Kevin and Heidi Cheng, a classically trained piano-violin duo.

Without pennies, retailers will need to round

News Staff
Saturday, December 27, 2025
As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world.Should retailers round up or down? Should they round in favor of the customer? Or in favor of the business?
City Center

City Center

City Center

News Staff
Saturday, December 27, 2025
•When residents clear their driveways and sidewalks, they must put snow on the lawn or far enough from the curb as directed in Ordinance 2014-10 and amended by Ordinance 2015-03. The City will push snow on interior streets to the outer curb in order to make the road passable only.

Check it Out!

News Staff
Saturday, December 27, 2025
» FLU AND COVID shots available at the health department.Call 620-375-2289 for an appointment.» SHOTS AVAILABLE ALL year-round: Tetanus, Shingles, and Pneumonia. Call the Wichita County Health Department at 620-375-2289 and have them check your immunization records.
Prairie Doc Perspective

Prairie Doc Perspective

Prairie Doc Perspective

Andrew Ellsworth, Md
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Picture a man crawling through the desert in tattered clothing, whispering “water” as he nears an oasis. He isn’t thinking about his kidneys, yet they may be the main organ still keeping him alive.
John Pinegar of the KS Legislative Policy Group is presenting the check to Diana Long, Wichita County Treasurer.

John Pinegar of the KS Legislative Policy Group is presenting the check to Diana Long, Wichita County Treasurer.

State sales tax on groceries drops to zero Jan. 1

Grace Hills Kansas Reflector
Saturday, December 27, 2025
January 1TOPEKA — On Jan. 1, 2025, Kansans will no longer pay state sales tax on groceries. They will still pay city- and county-imposed taxes, but the current state tax of 2% will be reduced to zero.A 2022 law set out a three-year plan to reduce the state’s sales tax on groceries, which was at 6.

Major Winter Storm Grazes not Glazes WC

News Staff
Saturday, December 27, 2025
January 8For days before it even reached the West Coast, meteorologists warned of a major incoming winter storm that showed the potential to unload massive chaos wherever it chose.
Above: Commissioner Carpenter, Sheriff Casper, County Clerk Kreutzer, Register of Deeds Leimkuhler, County Attorney Lewis. Not pictured: Magistrate Judge Korina Wedel, Commissioner Jason Wells

Above: Commissioner Carpenter, Sheriff Casper, County Clerk Kreutzer, Register of Deeds Leimkuhler, County Attorney Lewis. Not pictured: Magistrate Judge Korina Wedel, Commissioner Jason Wells

Swearings-in Held at Court House

News Staff
Saturday, December 27, 2025
January 15Monday, January 13, local winners of the November, 2024, general election were sworn in to their offices by District Magistrate Judge Korina Wedel at a ceremony held at the Wichita County Court House.
Leoti EMS Receives Patterson Family Grant for Defibrillators

Leoti EMS Receives Patterson Family Grant for Defibrillators

Leoti EMS Receives Patterson Family Grant for Defibrillators

News Staff
Saturday, December 27, 2025
January 22By Steve Baum Wichita Co. Emergency Management DirectorIn September, I was sent several messages on Facebook and in private messages about an advertisement that many people had run across on Facebook telling them about a grant opportunity for Rural EMS programs.
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