Yearly Archives: 2021

The City of Winfield announced on its Facebook page Friday that residents are being asked to limit their natural gas usage due to the unprecedented natural gas pricing market conditions resulting from the current extreme weather period. The message stated, "Due to the unprecedented natural gas pricing market conditions resulting from the current extreme weather period, we are requesting all users limit natural gas usage to the greatest extent possible. We will provide a more detailed statement in the coming hours. There is no threat to the elimination of natural gas supply. As your local natural gas provider, we are asking [...]

The Kansas Senate has approved a bill to expand the state’s private school tax credit program to apply to all students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. The Senate voted  23-14 on Thursday to expand program, which now applies only to students who also attend one of the state’s lowest-performing public elementary schools. Republican supporters say the new criteria would help more students and give parents of low- and middle-income families more options, WIBW reported. Senate Democratic Leader Dinah Sykes, who opposed the bill, said she is concerned that private schools face little accountability. The bill now goes to the [...]

Wichita Public Schools teachers will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on Saturday, February 13.  The district has received its first supply of vaccines and will begin the first round at the Wichita Public Schools’ Alvin Morris Administrative Center. The prioritization plan for employees will follow Phase 2 of Governor Kelly’s vaccination plan.  ... The distribution plan is as follows: Employees 65 and older with medical conditions. Medical professionals will rank order based on health conditions reported on the staff survey. Source: KSN-TV

Nicodemus is a small town located in the prairies of northwest Kansas. It is the oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi. It was established in 1877 during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War when pioneers from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi came to seek out homelands. "These folks were ex-slaves, removed from slavery about 13-14 years, had the opportunity to come out here and be landowners and they took that chance," said Luecreasea Horne, Nicodemus Park Service educational technician and sixth-generation descendant. “The thought of them risking and taking that chance to come out to northwestern Kansas [...]