info2021-10-21T06:42:04-05:00October 21st, 2021|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.
info2021-10-21T06:36:03-05:00October 20th, 2021|
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall announced $839,491 in Department of Justice grants to support Kansas law enforcement. These grants will be dispersed to 10 communities, including Sedgwick County – which is slated to receive $443,481 through the grant funding. The grants are intended to help departments purchase new equipment, develop outreach programs, update outdated technology and more. Source: Derby Informer | Area
info2021-10-20T22:41:47-05:00October 20th, 2021|
Community members of a newer development in north Derby are demanding action after many of them say their properties have been damaged by others firing guns outside city limits. Sedgwick County commissioners are now looking to crack down on the issue, with up to a 500 dollar fine. Some of the community members say they would have never expected to be worried about their children getting shot when they moved into the neighborhood. They said this resolution needs to pass to ensure the safety of their community. "That's the dirt pile I hid behind to make sure I wasn't going to [...]
info2021-10-20T22:39:43-05:00October 20th, 2021|
A special ceremony dedicating a bridge on U.S. 166 east of Arkansas City as the Sgt. Tyler A. Juden Memorial Bridge was held Saturday in the Wright Room at Cowley College. The 23-year-old Juden was was killed when enemy forces attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire near Turan, Afghanistan on Sept. 12, 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. He was on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan as a sniper for the US Army’s 82nd Airborne division. Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
info2021-10-20T22:32:01-05:00October 20th, 2021|
The new mental health unit of the Overland Park Police Department will make its debut next year with toned-down uniforms, plain black vehicles and a therapy dog — all intended to keep anxiety levels down when responders go on a mental health call. Earlier this month, Police Chief Frank Donchez gave the city council’s public safety committee an early look at what to expect when operations begin. The new section of the police department is being created partly with funds from a one-mill property tax increase approved this year. Another $232,000 will come from a federal Community Oriented Policing grant to [...]
info2021-10-20T22:29:48-05:00October 20th, 2021|
Hamid Bakhtiari is the newest owner of the former Save-A-Lot building at Pawnee and George Washington Boulevard in south Wichita. He thought Save-A-Lot would be there for at least five more years when he first signed the deal. "We thought, you know, it's a national company. It's got to be a good tenant," said Bakhtiari. In December 2020, the store decided to abruptly close. In an area that's already part of Wichita's 44-plus square miles of food desert, Bakhtiari knew it was important to try to get another grocery store in its place. Source: KAKE - News
info2021-10-21T06:39:42-05:00October 20th, 2021|
Repaving is on the way to parts of Madison. But that doesn't mean everyone in town wants it. “They have raised the highway up so high that they're higher than our curbs,” city employee James Paugh told Monday night's Madison City Council meeting. Paugh, who manages the city's water treatment plant, said he's been informed by the Kansas Department of Transportation that state repaving is planned either in 2022 or 2023, beginning from Southwest Boulevard or K-249. “We don't have that drainage,” Paugh said. He promised to talk with KDOT staff members in Topeka about cutting down the pavement. Source: Emporia [...]
info2021-10-20T22:19:05-05:00October 20th, 2021|
After months of discussing how to dispose of city-owned lots at Lake Fort Scott, the city commissioners on Monday voted to accept offers for three of the four lots they agreed to sell. Source: Fort Scott Tribune
info2021-10-21T06:40:59-05:00October 20th, 2021|
City Commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of a Raw Water Intake pump during Monday’s regular meeting in case water levels drop in the Missouri River this winter to levels that would otherwise interrupt the city’s water supply. The pump, which was quoted to cost $101,900, with installation costs estimated up to an additional $50,000, would allow the Raw Water Intake (RWI) – which is where water is taken from the river for use by city residents, businesses, and industries – to function even if water levels recede below the current input location. Currently the RWI can function with river levels as [...]
info2021-10-20T21:50:04-05:00October 20th, 2021|
A Vietnam War memorial is coming to Valley Center, as The Moving Wall will be set up at Lions Park (316 S. Abilene Ave.) from Oct. 21-25. The display will be open to the public 24/7 during those days and admission is free. The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Washington, D.C., Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has toured the U.S. for more than 30 years. The wall contains the names of over 58,000 people who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. Source: Derby Informer | Area
