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El Dorado schools closing due to staff shortage, absent students

info2022-01-12T23:25:41-06:00January 12th, 2022|

Schools in the El Dorado school district, USD 490, will be closed on Thursday, Jan. 13 and Friday, Jan. 14. According to a post on the El Dorado Schools Facebook page, the final decision to close school buildings was made based on staffing shortages and student absenteeism. El Dorado school officials are working to reschedule any athletics and activities impacted. The two extra days off give students in the district a five-day weekend, as Monday, Jan. 17 is a federal holiday that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Source: KSN-TV

County, city honor outgoing mayor

info2022-01-12T23:24:30-06:00January 12th, 2022|

Dec. 30 was Mark Govea Day in Miami County. County Commission Chair Rob Roberts and Commissioner George Pretz, who represents the Osawatomie area, presented a proclamation to the outgoing Osawatomie mayor during the City Council’s Dec. 30 meeting at City Hall. The commissioners thanked Govea for his service to the community. Govea was elected mayor in April 2013 and had served in the position for nearly a decade. He was defeated in the Osawatomie mayoral race in the November general election by Councilman Nick Hampson. Source: Local News | republic-online.com

Spring Hill superintendent announces retirement

info2022-01-12T23:23:06-06:00January 12th, 2022|

Spring Hill USD 230 Superintendent Wayne Burke recently announced his retirement, effective at the end of the 2021-22 school year. Upon his retirement, he will have served 32 years in education, 22 years in USD 230 and seven years as a superintendent, according to a school district news release. “We are grateful for the leadership and insight Dr. Burke has provided during his tenure in the Spring Hill School District,” Spring Hill Board of Education President Doug Updike said. “During his tenure, he has built and led strong teams that have successfully accomplished major initiatives ranging from continuous improvement in student [...]

Proposal to convert Overland Park home into ‘sober living facility’ draws scrutiny from neighbors

info2022-01-12T23:18:06-06:00January 12th, 2022|

The house at 9119 W. 113th Street in Overland Park represented a chance at a new life for Kar Woo’s parents when they emigrated from Hong Kong more than three decades ago. Now that they are gone, Woo, founder of the non-profit Artists Helping the Homeless, hopes to offer the same thing to people struggling with addiction. “I feel like this house has provided the opportunity for my parents to start a new life. I think this will give other people from here the opportunity to start a new life also,” said Woo, who lost his mother to cancer last year and [...]

Kansas Gov. Kelly tells lawmakers to freeze college tuition and end the sales tax on food

info2022-01-12T07:07:05-06:00January 12th, 2022|

Gov. Laura Kelly challenged Republicans who control the state Legislature to freeze tuition at the state’s public colleges and to give her a bill that ends the sales tax on groceries by month’s end. ... Kelly laid out a series of spending proposals, which are made possible because the state’s reserves could grow to $3 billion by the end of the budget year. She promised money to the state’s withering water plan and an end to transfers from the Kansas highway fund that’s been used to help pay for general state operations for years. The governor also promised more money for [...]

Markets and the economy brace as the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike could come in two months

info2022-01-12T06:57:13-06:00January 12th, 2022|

If everything goes according to plan, the Federal Reserve in a little over two months will enact its first rate increase in three years, a move policymakers deem necessary and that markets and the economy are grudgingly coming to accept. The Fed last raised rates in late 2018, part of a "normalization" process that happened in the waning period of the longest-lasting economic expansion in U.S. history. Just seven months later, the central bank retreated as the expansion looked increasingly fragile. Eight months after that initial cut in July 2019, the Fed was forced to roll back its benchmark borrowing rate [...]

Local emergency departments struggling with number of staff due to COVID-19

info2022-01-12T06:55:25-06:00January 12th, 2022|

Many first responders are out with COVID-19, leaving emergency departments juggling what staff they do have. The COVID-19 numbers are up for the delta and omicron variants. "And you know it has gone up in recent weeks but not nearly what we saw in late 2020," said Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay. "Our officers are first responders, so they have been on the front end." Leaders from a local Fire union, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) #135, say firefighters are feeling the effect of COVID-19 taking out staff. Source: KSN-TV

Ignite Emporia to bring digital job skills training to 20 Emporians

info2022-01-12T06:50:58-06:00January 12th, 2022|

Ignite Emporia announced Tuesday afternoon that it will work in partnership with the Center on Rural Innovation’s Future is Digital Challenge skills development program to provide high-demand digital job training for 20 individuals in the Emporia community. Emporia was selected by CORI to be a part of the program, which is funded by a grant from Microsoft and will equip participants with professional skills coaching in one of three tracks: digital marketing, project management or sales representation. “It’s open to the general public, anybody that’s interested in adding this to their plate for the spring of 2022,” said Ignite Emporia director [...]

As COVID-19 surges amid EMS shortage, JoCo officials consider changes to 911 responses

info2022-01-12T06:48:49-06:00January 12th, 2022|

As emergency medical resources have been strained by staffing shortages and a resurgence of COVID-19, Johnson County officials are considering changes to the way ambulances respond to 911 calls. Dr. Ryan Jacobsen, medical director for the Johnson County EMS System, said Tuesday that options are being weighed to weed out unnecessary calls for service such as mild illnesses. That could include a more in-depth screening process during 911 calls before dispatching an ambulance or having emergency responders advise patients to stay at home, Jacobsen said. “We’re trying to keep ambulances available for the true emergencies, traumatic injuries, car accidents, life-threatening things,” [...]

3 Johnson County cities will consider new mask mandates Wednesday

info2022-01-12T06:48:24-06:00January 12th, 2022|

With the Omicron variant spurring new case numbers to record highs across the Kansas City metro, the cities of Mission, Prairie Village and Roeland Park on Wednesday night will hold special city council meetings to consider instituting new citywide mask mandates. Prairie Village and Roeland Park were the only two Johnson County municipalities to put mask orders in place during last fall’s spike fueled by the Delta variant. It’s not clear if there is enough political appetite in any of these cities to implement new mask orders now. Source: Prairie Village Post

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