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Olathe city council members heard a staff report on a proposed 320,000 beef processing plant Tuesday, March 7. They took no action and made no comments.

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Thursday, March 9 City Administrator Beth Linn and Finance Director Karen Kindle gave an update on the fourth quarter finances for the city ending in 2022. Kindle said on some of the revenues the city exceeded their target numbers.

The Governor of Kansas has declared March 15, 2023 as “Kansas American Legion Day.” As she presented the proclamation, Governor Laura Kelly praised the 104-year-old veterans service organization, the largest in the nation, for its continued work to aid wounded warriors and military families, for Legionnaires’ legacy of community volunteerism and for the organization’s significant role in establishing important national legislation. The American Legion remains today an active and vigorous advocate for service members, veterans and their families not only on Capitol Hill, but right here in Kansas.

For the first time in the twenty-year history of the Kansas Tobacco Quitline 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-7848669), the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, (KDHE) is offering all phone coaching enrollees eight weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy while supplies last.

Land in downtown Edgerton is being rezoned for commercial development for the first time in over 100 years. It was zoned as single family residential.

The Johnson County airport commission has been in the middle of repairing the railroad at the New Century Airport. Thursday, March 9 county commissioners approved $153,204 more in funds for the 2022 Airport KDOT Rail Grant Maintenance Capital Improvement Project.