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Garden Plain, Goddard and Haysville have announced plans for their annual Independence Day celebrations, featuring competitions, food, music, parades and fireworks.

GODDARD – On Monday morning, the R-cut project on U.S. Highway 54 through Goddard officially opened.

It’s time to get ready to celebrate the Sedgwick County Fair! This year’s Fair will take place July 10-13 at the Fairgrounds in Cheney. The Fair season starts with publication of the Sedgwick County Fair Guide.

Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the fall semester of 2023. Rylan Doshier of Cheney was among the graduates, earning an associate of science degree.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor When organizers were planning the first Symphony in the Flint Hills, the Kansas City Symphony agreed to play, but the group’s leaders were skeptical. Who would want to come to a symphony concert in a pasture?

CONWAY SPRINGS – Several ideas for improvements within Central Park were discussed last week by the Conway Springs City Council. Those discussions included ideas for the park's iconic band shell, the Scout Hut, the historic spring house, and a new park bench.

CLEARWATER – At its meeting Tuesday, June 11, the Clearwater City Council accepted Pearson’s $4.6 million bid for street reconstruction. The project will include total replacement of about 10 blocks of roadway, including portions of Grant, Lee, Gorin, Prospect, First and Second.

The Goddard Senior Center is poised for more growth in 2024. At Monday's Goddard City Council meeting, the council gave its approval to a grant application for $18,000 from the Sedgwick County Department of Aging and Disabilities (SCDAD).

Haviland Broadband, a provider of highspeed internet, phone, and TV services, previously announced the launch of its Extended Broadband Discount (EBD) program.

Reports of harmful blue-green algae in Kansas waterways have been coming in unusually early this year, possibly a result of warmer late-spring weather and more rain events, according to a Kansas State University fisheries and aquatics specialist.