TOPEKA (KSNT) - Construction is set to begin for a new pool in the Oakland neighborhood following a meeting of the Shawnee County Board of Commissioners.
Rumors and gossip can create anger, fear and division within a community, says Joni Thadani, Shawnee County's planning director. The county's government is consequently trying to prevent that by working proactively in an orderly manner to make sure citizens receive factual information as it seeks to create rules regarding the potential establishment here of wind and solar farms, Thadani said. .When [residents were] asked if they supported allowing wind farms in Shawnee County, results showed 31% of respondents strongly agreed, 13% agreed, 4% neither agreed nor disagreed, 6% disagreed and 46% strongly disagreed.