TOPEKA – Gov. Mark Parkinson has signed an agreement that will turn over part of the former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant at Parsons to a local economic development group. The Great Plains Development Authority seeks to put the land back into productive economic use for the area. Parkinson also signed was a consent order between the Great Plains Development Authority and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to clean up the land with financial assistance from the Department of the Army. The plant was built during World War II and has more than 14,000 acres of land. All production ended two years ago.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 7:30 a.m.
