City and county leaders discussed potential ideas for collaboration between the two entities during a work session Tuesday at the Empress Event Center. Topics discussed during the meeting included working together to save money on construction and demolition materials, using inmates at the Bourbon County Law Enforcement Center for city projects, taxes and economic development.
Source: Fort Scott Tribune
The Superintendent of Maize Public Schools has announced he is leaving. Dr. Chad Higgins announced he would be resigning following the conclusion of the 2021-2022 school year. Higgins sent out the following message to parents Friday: … Earlier today, I informed the Maize Board of Education of my intent to resign at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 school year. After a great deal of reflection and conversation with my family, the time has come for me to step back and embrace a new chapter in my life.
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Earlier this year Evergy discovered many streetlights were turning purple due to a faulty subcomponent causing the light to fail. Andrew Baker, a spokesperson for Evergy, said identifying and replacing these lights has been quite an undertaking, but the company is finally making progress. “We’ve identified just under 4,000 lights in the Wichita area that were putting out this blue-purple light,” said Baker. It’s a big number, but he knows it may not be the final count.
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A new city addition was put to the test this weekend. Kiwanis Park was the site of the first Spring River Spooktacular disc golf tournament. This was the course’s first tournament since it opened back in August. While many of the competitors traveled locally, some competitors travelled from as far as Olathe and Tulsa. Aside from competition, the tournament was designed to help promote business throughout Baxter Springs. Charles Rector, Baxter Springs Disc Golf Club President, says, “Usually people come in the week prior to do some practicing and go in town and buy gas and food and we’re just hoping to see that help our businesses out in Baxter because they’ve supported our course so much, we have about 10, 15 really good sponsors and we just want to take care of them.”
Source: KSNF/KODE
When Kansas law enforcement officials seized cannabis-related cash from Missouri during a routine traffic stop, they triggered what could be a legal fight that reverberates throughout the nationwide marijuana industry. The deputy pulled over a van and asked where the vehicle was headed. The driver explained she was headed to Kansas City to pick up cash from state-legal medical marijuana facilities to transport to a credit union in Colorado. The sheriff called the Drug Enforcement Administration, which set up surveillance on the driver the next day, watching her pick up cash from several state-licensed dispensaries in Kansas City. When the driver headed back to Colorado, Dickinson County Sheriff’s deputies pulled her over again, but this time seized five bags containing $165,620 in cash.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal
Thursday was windy and chilly and downright unpleasant, but Arkansas City had Arkalalah to warm hearts and stomachs. After the event was canceled last year due the coronavirus pandemic, several residents uptown said braving the elements so far has been well worth it. Despite rain Wednesday, people flocked downtown for the food vendors and lined the streets for the night parade. The carnival rides are going strong.
Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
The Derby City Council had a captive audience at its Oct. 26 meeting, as the city hall lobby was full of local residents on hand for a public hearing regarding the expansion of the Derby STAR bond district. As noted by staff, the vote at hand was simply to expand the boundaries of the current STAR bond district to include a nearly 44-acre tract of land east of the Derby Sports Zone site (and northeast of the Target store on Tall Tree Road). The vote did not include approval of the proposed project itself, which would feature a Crystal Lagoons man-made beachfront attraction, 150-room hotel, glamping (“glamorous camping”) site and more.
Source: Derby Informer | News
The Garden City Police Department and Finney County Sheriff’s Office K9s will soon each receive a bullet and stab proof protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from the non-profit organization, Vested Interest in K9s. According to media releases, K9 Koda’s vest will be embroidered with the message, “in memory of K9 Kye, Oklahoma Police Department,” while K9 Shiva’s vest will be embroidered with “Born to Love-Trained to Serve-Loyal Always.” Delivery of the vests is expected within eight to ten weeks.
Source: Greater Garden City » Feed
A higher-than-average voter turnout is expected in Tuesday’s municipal elections in Johnson County. That’s judging by advance voting numbers so far along with requests for mail-in ballots, county Election Commissioner Fred Sherman said Thursday. Sherman told Johnson County commissioners this year’s turnout may be near or slightly above 20% – which would be a high point for off-year, midterm elections that usually draw fewer voters than the partisan contests that happen in even years and feature races for state and federal offices. Turnout in the 2019 city elections was close to 17%, according to the election commission archive. Sherman said there’s been some improvement in voter turnout for city elections since the Kansas Legislature moved them from April to November, starting in 2017.
Source: Prairie Village Post
Motorized scooters are one step closer to making their way from downtown Kansas City to the Overland Park area. At their Wednesday meeting, the city council’s Public Works Committee recommended the approval of a new resolution that would allow city staff to start negotiations for an e-scooter pilot program with Lime and Bird, two of the biggest players in the emerging e-scooter industry. Both companies have shown interest in bringing their pay-per-ride vehicles to the Johnson County suburbs. Last month, Bird inked a deal with Prairie Village to launch a pilot in that city.
Source: Prairie Village Post
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