Andover News

Board increases kindergarten fee By Chris Strunk Last Updated: May 16, 2013 The Valley Center school board this week took what could be painful steps toward closing an expected $1.1 million budget gap in 2013-14. The board on May 13 increased fees and considered a series of cuts as well as a tax increase.

By BRENT D. WISTROM The Wichita Eagle TOPEKA - With a messy political puzzle strewn before them - and state services and tax policy hanging in the balance - lawmakers shook their heads, slammed their gavels and went home for the weekend by lunchtime Friday.

AccuWeather.com reports as many as 15 tornadoes have been reported by the National Weather Service this evening as severe thunderstorms continue across the Plains.

Les Mangus, Andover's director of public works and community development, and Jennifer McCausland, assistant city administrator, say the city's at an important planning juncture.

Growing weary of cities that annex property on either side of a roadway but don't take responsibility for the road itself, Sedgwick County has sued the city of Andover over a portion of 159th Street East.

The city of Andover has launched a program called "Alert Andover," a mass notification program allowing the city to send alerts for emergencies and nonemergencies, the city says in a news release.

Andover Central won the annual intra city battle with Andover High on the softball diamond Thursday night and Hovpen Sports was there to record over 200 photos of the action starting with the first pitch.

The Sunflower Cycling News is a periodic publication of Kansas Cyclist , featuring a compendium of hand-picked bicycling-related news items from Kansas and neighboring states.

Bella Vita Bistro at 120 N. West St. is run by mom Lory Wooley, left, daughter Crystal Prud Homme DeLodder, right, and son-in-law Adrian Prud Homme DeLodder.

This earthy, nutrient-packed plant is easy to handle and ideal for wilting down to a silky texture.

The air felt funny. Unsettled. A quixotic combination of hot and cool, with humidity clinging to me as I walked to my car.