PAOLA — For the past eight years the Paola Community Garden has sat on city-owned land in the Paola Industrial Park, but garden volunteers have always known they may need to move the amenity if a developer was ever interested in the property.

PAOLA — Rising costs in the recycling industry have forced Paola city leaders to consider possible changes to its current service, which is provided through a contract with Waste Management.

PAOLA — Paola City Council members, during their Aug. 11 meeting, adopted the city’s 2021 budget, which includes a decrease in the mill levy.