- A fork in the crumbling road
- Budget discussion focuses on declining street maintenance
- 10:35 a.m., May 14, 2012 Updated 11:48 a.m.
- Street maintenance in Shawnee has hit a rough patch.
- City Council acting to limit pension risks
- 07:26 a.m., May 11, 2012 Updated 07:26 a.m.
- The Shawnee City Council is looking at changes to its supplemental pension plan aimed at preventing fund shortfalls from saddling residents with tax increases or cutbacks in city services.
- Walmart advances smaller Supercenter
- May 7, 2012
- The Shawnee Planning Commission will consider a revised site plan on May 21 for a long-proposed Walmart supercenter in western Shawnee.
- A couple of perennials
- Longtime vendors eager for another market season
- 01:52 p.m., May 1, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Al and Edie Johnson are eager to return as vendors at the Shawnee Farmers’ Market, conducted from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays in the City Hall parking lot. The market will open for the season on May 5 and continue through October.
- How will Shawnee spend $1 million economic development fund? Proposed incentives unveiled
- 06:30 p.m., April 24, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Improving “product” offerings is a major goal of three incentive programs unveiled last week. The programs are outlined in a proposed policy to dictate how the city uses its $1 million economic development fund, funded by landfill impact fees from Deffenbaugh Industries.
- Once again, Shawnee is ‘Tree City’
- April 18, 2012
- For the 15th year in a row, Shawnee is a Tree City USA. The Arbor Day Foundation bestows the annual designations on communities for their commitment to urban forestry and for demonstrating progress in the community forestry program.
- City’s spring e-waste collection and paper shredding event coming this weekend
- 06:00 a.m., April 17, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Shawnee’s annual spring paper shredding, e-waste and bike collection event is coming Saturday.
- New ordinance addresses unique noise problems
- 01:37 p.m., April 10, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Spurred by a a citizen complaint about a man who runs a generator to power his house, Shawnee has devised a new residential noise ordinance.
- Re-elected mayor cites goals for next term
- 01:23 p.m., April 10, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Newly re-elected Mayor Jeff Meyers says he’s grateful residents gave him the opportunity to continue having a “positive impact” on Shawnee by leading the city for a third term. He said he has the energy for the task, likening his motivation to that of his day job as a high school teacher and coach.
- In close Ward II race, outside chance for challenge remains
- 09:05 a.m., April 10, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Neal Sawyer was sworn in to the council Monday night with the other April 3 election winners — incumbents won the mayoral race and all four council races — but a sliver of a chance remained that his race would be challenged.
- City plans controlled burn Friday near Shawnee Town 1929
- 02:43 p.m., April 5, 2012 Updated 10:38 a.m.
- If you notice smoke seemingly emanating from Shawnee Town 1929 on Friday, don’t be alarmed.
- City earns sixth consecutive budgeting award
- 06:00 a.m., April 2, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- For the sixth consecutive year, the city of Shawnee won a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
- Shawnee kicks off 2013 budget process
- 01:15 p.m., March 27, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- The city of Shawnee’s 2013 budget process has begun.
- Tenant defaults on rent for medical building funded by industrial revenue bonds
- 11:30 p.m., March 26, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Space is opening up in an industrial revenue bond-funded medical office building after the original lessee defaulted on rent payments and was evicted.
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