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Illness prompts Sedgwick schools to extend their Christmas break

2021-12-15T02:52:32-06:00December 15th, 2021|

USD 439 will start its Christmas break two days sooner than planned. With 92 students currently out of school due to influenza, COVID, and COVID quarantine, Superintendent Larry Roth recommended on behalf of the central office and school administration that the Board of Education cancel school and all school-related activities, including basketball practices, for Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 20-21. Those days were scheduled to be the final two days before the break. “We’d like to put an end to exposures as quickly as we can here at school,” Roth told the board at the regularly scheduled meeting last Monday night. “We [...]

Appraiser’s Office property imaging project scheduled to begin

2021-12-15T02:49:00-06:00December 15th, 2021|

The Johnson County Appraiser’s Office will begin on Tuesday, Dec. 14, a state-mandated property-imaging project to help the county appraise property values. Kansas law requires counties to update property information every six years to maintain accurate data on every parcel in the jurisdiction. The Johnson County Appraiser’s Office has contracted with Tyler Technologies and Cyclomedia to take high-resolution street-level photos of the exterior of every property in Johnson County. The county will use these photos to create land record information used in the appraisal process. All images collected, where faces and license plates are visible, will be made unrecognizable by ‘blurring’. [...]

What to know ahead of potential tornado-strength winds Wednesday

2021-12-15T02:46:39-06:00December 15th, 2021|

Evergy has crews on standby as power outages Wednesday are likely with such high winds expected, but there are several other potential dangers you might also want to consider. "In the past two decades, It's only the second time that one has been issued as far east to include the city of Wichita," said KAKE Meteorologist Jay Prater. Jay is talking about the Critically Extreme Fire Danger warning that's been issued from western Kansas all the way east of Wichita on Wednesday. Source: KAKE - News

Fire and power crews warn Kansans ahead of Wednesday’s high winds

2021-12-15T02:44:28-06:00December 15th, 2021|

"It's our best defense against wind" says Evergy communications manager Kaley Bohlen. With gusts that strong, even the best prep can be overcome, that's why Evergy has crews waiting on standby. "We monitored monitor weather conditions ahead of time and closely and then again, stop those crews accordingly. So we're ready to respond quickly and safely", said Bohlen. Power outages are not the only the only issue created by the high winds. According to the Chip Redmond of the Kansas Forest service, incredibly dry conditions throughout the state will make for a high fire danger. Source: KAKE - News

A blue Christmas in Olathe? Manufacturing errors changed the colors of the street lights

2021-12-15T02:34:25-06:00December 15th, 2021|

Have you been feeling blue lately? Don’t worry, it’s not just you. The City of Olathe is feeling the same, as some street lights in the area have changed colors. City spokesperson Cody Kennedy said it’s the coding in the light that’s causing the issue. It’s a nationwide issue with a light model that was made between 2017 and 2019. To fix it, the city replaces the head of the light. It’s working on changing all of them. Source: KC Star Local News

Lenexa formally establishes community advisory board to help oversee police department

2021-12-15T02:29:45-06:00December 15th, 2021|

Lenexa has formally established a Community Advisory Board to serve as a liaison between the Lenexa Police Department and residents. While the group has existed informally since the early 2000s, the Lenexa City Council’s unanimous move Dec. 7 to officially establish the board comes at a time police agencies in Johnson County and beyond are facing calls for more transparency and public engagement. The Community Advisory Board will advise the police department on a variety of prominent issues, including addressing potential bias in policing, use of force, responses to mental health crises and homelessness, among others. Source: KCUR News

Altamont, Chetopa view KMEA lineman services

2021-12-15T02:24:15-06:00December 15th, 2021|

Managing director/electric operations Gerry Bieker and general manager Paul Mahlberg of Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (KMEA) visited with city council members from Chetopa and Altamont Saturday in Chetopa, proposing the cities contract with KMEA for full-time electrical line maintenance in their communities.  Both cities still own their own public power utilities and are among the 82 members of KMEA, benefiting from the Joint Action Agency’s energy purchasing power from the market. Source: Parsons Sun

Single-Family Homes Big in Kansas

2021-12-15T02:20:55-06:00December 15th, 2021|

Early on in the pandemic, many families in densely populated urban areas set out for more spacious homes in rural or suburban areas. As more workplaces adopted permanent work-from-home possibilities, some workers made the move permanent, preferring space and affordability over proximity to the workplace…and Kansas is in a good place for those folks. The website Construction Coverage notes that at ages 25 to 40, Millennials are currently in their peak years for starting or growing a family and are seeking more spacious homes to accommodate that. However, apartments and multi-family construction have been presented as more efficient, affordable, and sustainable [...]

Fed Meets for First Time Since Powell Signaled Policy Shift

2021-12-14T07:18:35-06:00December 14th, 2021|

Federal Reserve officials meet Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time since Chairman Jerome Powell said last month that the central bank needed to shift its focus toward preventing higher inflation from becoming entrenched and away from fostering a rapid rebound in hiring from the pandemic. ... parts of the Fed’s statement or Mr. Powell’s postmeeting press conference could provide clues on how officials see the prospect for rate increases next year. ... Fed officials’ economic projections to be released Wednesday could shed additional light on changes to their policy outlook. In September, they were evenly divided between whether they would [...]

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