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Sixth St. in Kansas City, Kansas. The buildings are also known as Old City Hall and Main Fire Station. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] The city hall portion was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architects William W. Rose and David B. Peterson, of Rose & Peterson, and built in 1910-1911. It ...
Topeka (/ t ə ˈ p iː k ə / tə-PEE-kə) [9] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. [1] It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Kansas.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 371 law enforcement agencies employing 7,450 sworn police officers, about 266 for each 100,000 residents.
District 1 – Topeka [3] District 2 – Salina [4] District 3 – Norton [5] District 4 – Chanute [6] District 5 – Hutchinson [7] District 6 – Garden City [8] Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Finance and Administration Finance Division; Administration Division; Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs ...
In September 2005, KSHB debuted a locally produced mid-morning talk show titled Kansas City Live. [105] This show aired until January 2008 [106] and was the first such program on the station since Kansas City Today, which aired between 1998 and 1999; despite making money, [105] it was a casualty of the introduction of Later Today by NBC.
Douglas S. Wright (c. 1948 – July 27, 2023) was an American attorney and politician who was the mayor of Topeka, Kansas and a candidate for the United States Congress. Wright, who served as Mayor of Topeka from 1983 to 1989, was the son of another former Topeka mayor, Chuck Wright, who led the city from 1965 to 1969. [1]
During World War I, the need for more engineers called for the US government to quickly train marine engineers.However, after the war, such practices continued, and on January 20, 1919, the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association agreed to petition the use of "30 day engineers", believing there are enough resources to properly train the next generation of merchant marines.
The median age in the city was 32.2 years. 31.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.4% were from 25 to 44; 22.7% were from 45 to 64; and 12.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.