The best bull riders in the world have April 23rd marked on their calendars as a Professional Bull Riders (PBR) tour returns to Wichita, Kansas. It’s the PBR Nexgrill Invitational of the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, according to Kacie Albert at the Wrangler Network. “For one night only, top bull riders will battle the sport’s rankest bovine athletes in the ultimate showdown,” Albert promised.
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History of troubled times in Kansas before statehood and during the Civil War are being relived. It’s the Bleeding Kansas Program Series featured the next six Sundays at the Constitutional Hall State Historic Site in Lecompton. ‘We’ll have six different programs starting January 30th through March 6th,” announced Paul Bahnmaier of the Lecompton Historical Society. “On Sundays at 2 o’clock, there’ll be dramatic presentations about Kansas’ violent times from 1854 through 1865,” Bahnmaier said. Kicking off January 30th is the Kansas Day program with faces of the Free State House. It’ll feature the first general assembly of the territory of Kansas legally elected by the people.
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Becoming a city manager has been the dream of Olivia Ortiz since she was seven years old. It may seem young to have aspirations, but when your father is a city manager that all changes. “My father used to take me to functions and I got to know some of the other city managers. The programs were very interesting,” Ortiz said. Her father served as the city manager for Eudora, Kansas but has since retired. … At this time Ortiz is working for the City of Atchison, but she told the story of how she started. “I talked to Justin Pergont, interim city manager, and told him I would love to work for the city,” Ortiz said. “He told me that unfortunately there wasn’t money set aside for an intern. I responded that I didn’t care I wanted the opportunity to serve.”
Source: Atchison Globe Now
In a continuing effort by Bourbon County and the City of Fort Scott leadership to combine services, the city’s tourism department will come under the Bourbon County Regional Economic Development Inc. Jackson Tough, the City of Fort Scott’s Tourism Director moved his office into the Bourbon County REDI office at Landmark Bank today. The city’s tourism department is funded through a Transient Guest Tax, Harrington said. “Any money left from the transient guest tax, after the administrative stuff, payroll, FICA, and any incumbrances…will come to REDI for marketing.”
Source: Fort Scott Biz
The CNBC Fed Survey shows market expectations have turned aggressive for Federal Reserve policy tightening this year and next, with respondents looking for multiple rate hikes and significant balance sheet reduction. The first hike is now firmly seen coming in March, compared with a June expectation in the December survey. Respondents expect 3.5 rate hikes this year, showing that three are agreed but there is debate over whether there’s a fourth. Half of the 36 respondents see two or three hikes this year, and half see four or five. An additional three hikes are expected next year. That makes the forecast for a funds rate of just over 1% this year, compared to around zero now, 1.8% in 2023 and a terminal rate, or the end-point of the hiking cycle, at 2.4% reached in March 2024.
Source: CNBC
Municipals faced more cuts to triple-A benchmark yields with the five-year hitting 1%, a level not seen on Refinitiv MMD’s curve since May 2020 and the 10-year at 1.34%, a rate high not seen since April 2020 when the market was in recovery from the initial COVID-induced selloff. U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker while equities ended in the red after paring back much larger losses earlier in the day ahead of Wednesday’s much-anticipated FOMC meeting.
Source: The Bond Buyer
Pottawatomie County planning officials are slowly working toward developing a publicly available draft for solar farm regulations. A joint meeting was held last Thursday between the three Pottawatomie County commissioners and the 10-member Planning Commission. County Planner Stephan Metzger tells KMAN that coming to consensus on a plan has not been easy. “The one thing that they all agree on is that they don’t really have a consensus on just about anything yet on this, not because of individual disagreements, just because it’s a complicated issue and we’re all trying to learn basically from the ground up,” he said. Because Pottawatomie County doesn’t have anything on the books governing solar farms, a number of questions have been raised over property rights as well as the visual, environmental and land use impacts. Commissioner Greg Riat applauds the planning commission for its work on drafting the guidelines thus far, and says it has led to “spirited discussion” from both sides.
Source: 1350 KMAN
After a five-step process that has gone on since Oct. 22, 2021, El Dorado and its police department have announced that Mike Holton will be their next police chief. Holton will be replacing Police Chief Curt Zieman, who’s set to retire on March 23. “I’m deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve the city of El Dorado as your next police chief,” said Mike Holton. “I’m equally as honored to have the opportunity to step into the shoes of a man who served this community for over 40 years.” Holton served Butler County and El Dorado for 33 years, including 20 years under Police Chief Zieman. The Circle High School graduate is currently serving as the Lieutenant of the El Dorado Police Department. “I truly look forward to serving this community by building relationships with community groups, community organizations, and the citizens of El Dorado,” said Holton. “I look forward to serving El Dorado along with outside agencies in an effort to keep El Dorado a safe place to live, work, and play.”
Source: Andover American
Sedgwick County commissioners and Wichita City Council members appeared at a news conference Tuesday to show unity and determination in working for changes in the juvenile justice system after the in-custody death of a teenager last fall. 17-year-old Cedric Lofton died last September after he was restrained in a struggle with staff members at the Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center. County Commission chairman David Dennis called the death of Lofton heartbreaking and tragic, and he said the city and county will work together “to do what it takes to support, drive, and dedicate the resources needed to make sure that something that is as tragic as Cedric’s death does not happen to any youth again. County Commissioner Sarah Lopez said more than 15 agencies have agreed to work on a community task force that will look at policies and practices at JIAC, as well as system standards and practices from the Kansas Department of Corrections, and the physical layout of local facilities. Lopez said Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is setting up a review of Cedric Lofton’s case with the Kansas Department for Children and Families, and the county will work with state officials on that review. Lopez said “we must do better to address the growing mental health needs within our juvenile corrections system, and we will.”
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