Stories from Saturday, June 25, 2016

Members of the USD 234 Board of Education and other school officials this week received a closer glimpse of work taking place throughout the district on the $40.8 million school bond projects. USD 234 Superintendent Bob Beckham took some board members and others on a tour of all four district schools, where a variety of work is taking place as part of the bond projects to make district-wide improvements. Voters approved the bond issue in late 2014...

County officials learned Thursday the cost of the metal building portion of the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center project is going to be $200,000 less than the estimated budget. During a progress meeting for the project, Kevin Rost, associate senior project manager with Goldberg Group Architects PC of St. Joseph, Mo., and Gary Walker, project leader with Universal Construction Company of Lenexa, updated county officials on where the project stands...