May 21, 2013

Centenarians recognized at ceremony

Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer poses with Elsie Toone, 104. Toone was one of seven honored guests at a ceremony recognizing those 100 years and older. Submitted photo

Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
Getting to the age of 100 isn’t as hard as it used to be. There are more than 70,000 centenarians in the United States, making them the fastest-growing segment of the population.
That’s the word from the …

Legislation would allow grocers to sell liquor

Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
When Dennis Elliott, Gardner, purchased K&D Liquor Store five years ago, he knew there were whispers that Kansas laws might be changed to allow grocery and other retail stores to sell liquor.
The whispers are growing louder …

Kansas Securities Commissioner Aaron Jack resigns

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced last week he has accepted the resignation of Kansas Securities Commissioner Aaron Jack, effective immediately.
“On behalf of Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, I want to thank Commissioner Jack for his service to our administration and …

Planners to meet about southern JoCo

Planners from Gardner, Edgerton, Johnson County, the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Mid-America Regional Council will host meetings to gather public input on a southwest Johnson County development plan.
The Feb. 28 meeting is the second in a series …

Compensation board grants cash to victims

The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board yesterday awarded financial assistance to 127 victims of violent crime at its February meeting, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.
Awards were made in 50 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 77 previously …

Town hall meetings

State Town Hall
Rep. Willie Dove, R-Bonner Springs, will host a town hall meeting at 7 p.m., Feb. 21 at the De Soto Community Center, 32905 W. 84th St. Dove will discuss his first month in the Kansas Legislature and …

Governor asks for stay in school funding suit

Gov. Sam Brownback

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has asked the Kansas Supreme Court to stay the order of a three-judge panel that ruled public school funding unconstitutional.
Schmidt also asked the Supreme Court to order mediation between the state and Schools for …

Planners to host meeting about SW JoCo

SWJC meeting

Planners from Gardner, Edgerton, Johnson County, the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Mid-America Regional Council will host meetings to gather public input on a southwest Johnson County development plan.
The Feb. 28 meeting is the second in a series …

Black Exodusters seek freedom in North, homestead in Kansas

Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, was a leader of the Exodus movement and president of the Tennessee Real Estate.  File photo

Amy Cunningham
Special to The Gardner News
They saw Kansas as the promised-land; home to abolitionist John Brown, a state seeking to increase its population, a place where you could taste and smell freedom.  Kansas, with its rich, black soil …

Jo Co Sheriff deputies assist in capture of MO evaders

Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies, Lenexa police and Kansas Highway patrol assisted in the capture of two males evading Missouri police on Feb. 4.
Jackson County, Mo. deputies followed a stolen vehicle into Johnson County at around 9:30 a.m. on Monday …