EDITORIAL: KCPL district situation sounds awfully familiar
In another ”good deal” gone bad for taxpayers, Kansas Citians are being asked to pay $10 to $15 million per year to make up a shortfall on the Power and Light economic development project. KC officials...
View ArticleBNSF announces contractors for intermodal project
Corbin H. Crable chcrable@gardnernews.com OVERLAND PARK — BNSF Railway Co. has announced the names of the contractors that will take the long-discussed concept of the intermodal facility and finally...
View ArticleBNSF fined by labor department
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has been ordered to pay a Kansas City, Kan.-based employee $95,096 following a whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
View ArticleGardner adjusts agreement for sale of land to BNSF
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Council members agreed to offer BNSF an easement on city property rather than selling all of a .434-acre parcel of land to the railroad during a meeting Jan....
View ArticleEdgerton roads to close permanently
Amy Cunningham acunningham@gardnernews.com The city of Edgerton has announced upcoming road closures related to the construction of the BNSF Intermodal Facility. On Tuesday, Edgerton City...
View ArticleMoonlight Road, 56 Highway intersection to close this week
Weather permitting, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) will perform road and track restorations at the Moonlight Road railroad crossing located at the intersection of Moonlight Road...
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Boy Scout troop works to light flag at Gardner Cemetery
Amy Cunningham acunningham@gardnernews.com This Memorial Day a volunteer from the American Legion agreed to tend to the American Ben Bolin, Gareth Seiler, and Scott Coble break ground on a project to...
View ArticleMan struck by train
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com A man escaped serious injury after being struck by a train near 167th and U.S. 169 Highway on Sept. 15. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, the man was...
View ArticleBNSF, Edgerton to work with new developer; Allen Group-KC out
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com The Allen Group of Kansas City will no longer serve as the developer of the Logistics Park of Kansas City, the planned warehouse development adjacent to the...
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BNSF truck burns near intermodal
Police and firefighters responded to a blaze near U.S. 56 Highway and Four Corners Road in Edgerton at First responders were on the scene of a fire near the intermodal property on Friday afternoon....
View ArticleImporter announces agreement to lease space in Edgerton
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Demdaco will re-locate to Edgerton after all, Logistics Park Kansas City officials announced June 26. The Lenexa-based gift importer renewed its lease for...
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BNSF opens Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility
The Logistics Park Kansas City has five cranes now operating at the Intermodal site. Each crane sits 90 feet up in the air and each operator must climb 112 steps. Photo courtesy of Debbie Hickman...
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