Last we checked, smoking was still legal in Kansas.
Tobacco products are legally sold, and the state collects taxes.
But if you want to work for the state – The Kansas Turnpike Authority – you won’t be considered for the …
Council fails to reach consensus on 3 new police hires
June 29, 2011 by 13 Comments
Danedri Thompson
submissions@gardnernews.com
Gardner City Council members debated hiring three additional police officers in 2012. The extra manpower would add $198,900 to the city’s bottom line and increase property taxes 1.5 mills, according to a city staff proposed budget.
Council …
Local volunteers go ‘Shoppin’ for Joplin’
June 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Amy Cunningham
acunningham@gardnernews.com
Just over a month ago the city of Joplin, Mo. was ravaged by the deadliest and one of the most destructive single tornadoes in United States’ history.
In the town of just over 50,000 residents, little was …
Cramer Products pruchases Hayes – based Stromgren Athletics
June 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
Amy Cunningham
acunningham@gardnernews.com
Gardner based Cramer Products, Inc., announced last week that it has acquired Stromgren Athletics of Hays, Kan.
“We are extremely pleased and honored to make this announcement,” …
Schultz receives Lifetime Achievement Award for student transportation
June 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
Mark Taylor
submissions@gardnernews.com
Nancy Schulz, Gardner, has been in the student transportation business since 1967.
She started her career as a school bus driver in the Gardner area when she was asked to fill in for another driver.
Schulz said …
Winds overturn tractor-trailer, driver uninjured
June 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Mark Taylor
submissions@gardnernews.com
An Atchison man escaped injury late last night when 70 mph winds overturned his tractor-trailer in Gardner.
According to Ilena Spalding, public information officer for the Gardner Police Department, 50-year-old Barrie Charlsen was driving the tractor-trailer at …
Jared Taylor Blog – Opinion – Pool mess up…
June 9, 2011 by 15 Comments
So who’s fired up about the “new pool” mess up? By the conversations I’ve had and overheard at baseball games, Fantastic Sams and neighborhood gatherings a good majority of paying pool members are upset over the apparent paint fiasco. If you aren’t …
Assessed valuations bode well for school budgets
March 11, 2011 by 2 Comments
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
Doug Schwinn, school business director, is keeping his fingers crossed that preliminary assessed property valuations in the Spring Hill School District will hold. Although approximately 75 percent of homes in Johnson County were appraised at stagnant or …
Census numbers reveal population boom in Gardner, SH
March 11, 2011 by 2 Comments
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
Gardner and Spring Hill saw population booms over the course of the last decade, and Edgerton’s population saw a slight boost according to data from the U.S. Census.
The growth in all three cities outpaced that of …
Property values down countywide
March 4, 2011 by 1 Comment
Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
There continue to be difficult segments in the residential real estate markets in Johnson County, according to the annual appraiser’s re-evaluation report. County officials mailed notices of appraisal values on March 1, and most home owners will …
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