The Hamilton County School Board will ask county commissioners to raise the percentage of county property taxes allocated to schools from 43 percent to 49 percent this fiscal year. Board members discussed preliminary budget numbers at the April meeting Thursday night.
Prinsjesdag, the tradition-laden state opening of the parliamentary year is to get a facelift after declining crowds and an increase in protests directed at the royals, forces officials to rethink their approach. Every year the king and queen drive through The Hague in a horse-drawn carriage, on their way to perform the opening ceremony. And on their return to their Noordeinde palace, they stand on the balcony for a few minutes and wave at the crowds. But fewer people have
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Shawnee County is asking for the community's opinion for possible changes its carousel at Gage Park this week. Shawnee County Commissioners are giving the go-ahead to work on designs to improve the carousel. On the morning of April 11, the commissioners agreed that work should start on designs to improve the carousel []
Coca-Cola-owned innocent Drinks has unveiled its major pan-European campaign since 2022, touting the nutritional value of its ingredients with a playful push, “Even More Innocent.” The work follows an 18-month hiatus from big budget ad campaigns, with Innocent using the end of a strategy cycle to regroup and sharpen its proposition. It also comes just over two years after the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned an ad from Innocent for “misleading” consumers about its...
The fully electric scooter gains carbon fiber exterior trim and a leather-wrapped bench alongside a Monaco-inspired livery
Multiple fire departments are fighting a large fire in rural Ingham County.
JACKSON COUNTY (KSNT) - One person was injured trying to save a pair of motorcycles from a burning barn in rural northeast Kansas. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says first responders were told of a barn fire around 11:30 a.m. on April 15 for an address in the 14200 block of 334th Road near the []
A federal judge has sentenced two former Cuyahoga County juvenile corrections officers to prison for illegal firearms sales. Several of the guns sold ended up on the streets and were used in crimes, authorities said.
All Saints Youth Club in Lyons Close, Grimesthorpe is to be modernised to meet the needs of groups that meet there. Work on the building, funded by a grant from the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport’s Youth Investment Fund, will cost £707,500 in total. A £67,500 increase of a contingency fund within the project budget to £127,000 in total was agreed by a meeting of the council’s finance committee (April 16). Councillors also agreed to spend an additional £56,600 at Thorpe Green Park in...
A picture is worth a thousand words, and downtown Madison is about to have two brand new murals both with unique, personal messages to the city.
(The Center Square) - Sometimes it gets chilly in the back of The Dirty Cowgirl, fortunately Oregon’s two Democratic senators have a fix. At the Wasco saloon, the beer is served cold but the chicken gizzards are served warm and – thanks to some Biden administration largesse – your toes will be too. The restaurant is receiving $12,000 in taxpayer dollars to replace its diesel furnace with a new high-efficiency heat pump. The funding comes from the Rural Energy for...
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