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Topeka, Kan. -The 70th Anniversary Brown Coalition announces a special theatrical event commemorating the historic 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. The public is invited to witness an unforgettable evening of art and history at 7 p.m. on May 17 in White Concert Hall on the Washburn University campus, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, Kan.

Allows more time for members and public to review items prior to final Council action, earlier publication of Council docket The City Council has changed its standing committee meeting schedule. Effective Tuesday, May 7, 2024, the City Council’s regular committees—Finance, Governance, and Public Safety; Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations; and Neighborhood Planning and Development—will now convene on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays.

; Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr. late Wednesday issued a statement to the media in response to a news report earlier on Wednesday when Jackson County Legislator Manny Abarca suggested in a television news interview that a possible alternative to the 3/8 cents stadiums tax extension proposal that voters rejected in April would be to put a proposal on the ballot again in November for The Kansas City Chiefs.

Metropolitan Community College will host a ceremonial groundbreaking at 1 p.m. Friday, April 26, to celebrate the imminent construction of the MCC-Maple Woods Agriculture Annex. The event will be held on the campus at 2601 N.E. Barry Road, Kansas City.

U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) this week wrote Attorney General Garland and Director Colette Peters of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, urging both to keep convicted felon Robert Courtney in prison.

The clock is ticking on TikTok’s existence in the United States. President Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday approving the ban of the popular social media app in the U.S.

Mrs. Verona M. Hughes, 76 of Shawnee, Kan. passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services will be held Friday April 26, 2024 at 11a.m. at Watkins Heritage Chapel, 4000 Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd Kansas City, Mo. Visitation is at 10 am. Interment in Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan. For more information, contact Watkins Heritage Chapel at 816-861-3030.