Now that we are getting a Cheesecake Factory, it’s time to focus on another important need, the Northwest Expressway. The Kansas Department of Transportation is planning an updated feasibility study for the Northwest Expressway project, which would be an extension of K-254 that residents and officials in towns like Maize and Goddard say would be a game-changer.
When you decide you want a pillow shaped like a baguette, you want it NOW, and it’s Amazon to the rescue. Amazon is currently testing “ultrafast” deliveries, which will get purchases to your front door in 30 MINUTES. This 30-minute delivery is currently being tested in Seattle and Philadelphia. Amazon says the ultrafast delivery will include “thousands of everyday household essentials and grocery items.” And it won’t be free. The 30-minute deliveries will start at $13.99 per order, Prime members will pay $3.99 and there will be a “small basket fee” of $1.99 added to orders below $15.
Another dictionary, another word of the year. The Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025 is “RAGE BAIT.” They define it as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive.” They say it’s being used three times as much as a year ago, but it’s not a new term. The first recorded use was over two decades ago.
