The Kansan
A piece of railroad history is coming down this week, as demolition has begun on what is commonly referred to as The Historic Fred Harvey Building on west First Street. The owner took a demolition permit on Monday and they have begun the process of razing the structure, said Rebecca Likiardopoulos. Office of Revitalization and Preservation, This building, while prominent in Newton’s history and heritage, is not a historic property listed on local, state or federal registers nor is it located within a historic district.
According to the Harvey County Historical Society, at one time the Historic Fred Harvey Building was an important cog in the Fred Harvey System providing fresh food for passengers and diners throughout the western part of the country.
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The City Sentinel
May 3, 2021
By Patrick B. McGuigan
Patrick B. McGuigan, Special to The Southwest Ledger Oklahoma City – Senate Bill 131 originated as a proposal from state Senator Jessica Garvin, a Duncan.
By Darla Shelden
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY – Solar Power of Oklahoma has announced the completion of its municipal installation project for the.
By Staff Report
Staff Report Oklahoma City – Each year, thousands of military families are transferred to Oklahoma’s four military bases. State Sen. Frank Simpson, with Oklahoma City Rep. Max Wolfley, authored.
Humanities Kansas awarded $3,500 in grant money to the Lawrence Corporation for the Advancement of the Visual Arts in support of Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre, a 2020 KU graduate, and her documentary project âLa Yarda.â
La Yarda is a neighborhood that was owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad that provided housing for Mexican families working on the railroad in eastern Lawrence in the 1920s.
Aguirre graduated from KU s Film and Media studies department in 2020 and has already presented âApertura,â a film she produced, at the 2020 New York Latino Film Festival.
âThe Kansas history that I learned growing up in school, there was not a lot of Latinos,â Aguirre said. âI canât even think of one name.â
Texas House Approves Decriminalization Bills for Weed and More
New drug reform bills are moving quickly through the Texas Legislature, and we may even see some of these bills signed into law before the end of the year.
UPDATE: #HB2593 passed second reading with no debate! It is now engrossed and will be scheduled for it s final reading.
HB 2593 is gaining momentum and would reduce the penalty of up to 2 ounces of cannabis concentrate from a felony charge to a class B misdemeanor. HB 2593 has already passed a Texas House committee and is now moving to the Senate. Now that s where things could get a little tricky before landing on the Governor s desk.