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The Plainville Recreation Commission, in cooperation with the City of Plainville, is considering opening a new Recreation/Wellness Center in the former Duckwall’s building location on S. Main Street in Plainville’s downtown.  The Recreation Commission said they have received an anonymous Read on! →

The Stockton National Bank has announced that they have agreed in principle to acquire First Security Bank and Trust of Norton, Kansas, effective March 4, 2014. First Security Bank and Trust operates two (2) full-service banking offices in Norton, KS Read on! →

Construction has begun on two new homes in Stockton as part of the Moderate Income Housing (MIH) grant the city received late last year.  At this time the basements are dug and work has begun on forming up the basement Read on! →

Much acclaim surrounds this week’s release of Disney’s “Saving Mr. Banks,” starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, but for one Kansas firm the film adds to the mystic of one of its oldest, most recognized products.The chintz fabric, Banana Leaves, Read on! →

Members of the Plainville Chamber of Commerce were on hand the 3rd week of October, 2013 to welcome the Krumpe family and their new business–Jade’s Classic Automotive–to town. Alan Krumpe, owner and operator, specializes in classic restoration of automobiles. The Read on! →

TOPEKA – Ten Kansas communities will share $2.1 million in funding to build moderate-income housing and infrastructure in rural areas. The Moderate-Income Housing (MIH) Program, an initiative funded by the State of Kansas and administered by Kansas Housing Resources Corporation Read on! →

(excerpts from Stockton Sentinel) Owners and operators of Wiggles & Giggles, LLC, Rebecca Creighton and Jordan Carpenter, consider their new day care center in Stockton a home away from home.  The doors at 511 Main Street officially opened on Monday, Read on! →

Designer Chuck Comeau set up his high-style business in an offbeat location: A windswept Kansas plain 240 miles away from a major airport. By Hope Hamashige Last Updated: September 18, 2009: 12:42 PM ET High style on the prairie PLAINVILLE, Kan. Read on! →

By Jodi Richards February marks the opening of the first new airport built in Kansas since 1989: Rooks County Regional. The new airport replaces two low-use grass airstrips in the cities of Plainville and Stockton with a paved runway on Read on! →

Entrepreneur Chuck Comeau relocated his international luxury furnishings company to the rural Kansas town where he grew up and learned preservation isn’t just a way to celebrate community—it’s good for business, too. by Gwendolyn Purdom | From Preservation | When Read on! →