info2021-06-25T07:38:00-05:00June 25th, 2021|
Part of Main Street in Fort Scott will be lined with art tomorrow evening. The "Bourbon County Arts Council Art Walk" is making its long-awaited return. Like many events, it was put on hold last year due to the pandemic. The art walk starts at 5:00p.m. at "Crooner's Patio" on Main Street, and will feature the work of 12 local artists. Source: KSNF/KODE
info2021-06-25T07:37:29-05:00June 25th, 2021|
When police in a southeast Kansas town were called to remove a snake, the responding officer expected to find a garden snake. Instead, he found a python. Officer Jesse Spencer “fulfilled the job description category ‘other duties as required,’” the Pittsburg Police Department said in a Thursday Facebook post. Spencer was dispatched to the reporting party’s front porch, where he found the homeowner’s unwanted guest and removed it. Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
info2021-06-25T07:12:21-05:00June 25th, 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.
info2021-06-25T07:09:56-05:00June 25th, 2021|
Help wanted signs are popping up everywhere across the region including local government. Pottawatomie County Finance Officer Heather Gladbach says there are close to a dozen vacancies in the county offices, including six positions in public works. The public works administrator position has been vacant since December when former administrator Peter Clark announced his resignation. Dustin Newman served in the role on an interim basis, before he resigned in May. Commission Chair Greg Riat says many of the applicants for the position have lacked the necessary hands-on experience the county is searching for. Source: 1350 KMAN
info2021-06-25T07:11:14-05:00June 25th, 2021|
Gov. Laura Kelly and leading lawmakers on Thursday approved Kansas' first express toll lane, breaking ground for relieving traffic congestion in the Midwest. The state Finance Council approved the $300 million toll lane that will serve a highly congested section of U.S. 69 in Overland Park from 103rd Street to 151st Street. Plans call for widening the highway to three lanes in each direction, using the additional lane for motorists who are willing to pay a toll to drive with less traffic. Source: Sunflower State Journal
info2021-06-25T07:11:31-05:00June 25th, 2021|
The Unified Government Commission on Thursday night unanimously approved an amended Village East project. The project area includes the former Schlitterbahn water park at 94th and State, and also includes an area east of 94th between State Avenue and Parallel Parkway. According to UG Administrator Doug Bach, the current deal include the sale of UG land to the developer. STAR bond financing was previously approved at $130 million, and as part of the project, there will be the sharing of Menard’s revenue. The developer has committed to make capital investments of $3.75 million in other parts of the community, he said. [...]
info2021-06-25T07:11:46-05:00June 25th, 2021|
The Lyon County Commission will hear a resolution to designate the county as a Rural Opportunity Zone. Rob Gilligan of Ignite Emporia will discuss the ROZ along with program manager Rachell Rowland of the Kansas Department of Commerce. There are added benefits for residents in ROZ counties, including student loan payment assistance administered by KDC. KDC partners with cities, counties, employers and foundations to pay up to $15,000 in students loans over five years, according to the KDC website. Lyon County currently does not support the student repayment option. Source: Emporia Gazette
info2021-06-24T08:11:50-05:00June 24th, 2021|
The Reno County IT department has created a dozen different maps for how Reno County could be divided if voters should approve going from a three- to a five-member County Commission in November. Each map is drawn intending to create commission districts that are as equal in population and contiguous in boundaries as possible but that also follow existing voting precinct lines, said County Clerk Donna Patton. The commission on Tuesday asked county staff to send copies of all the maps to each commissioner to select their top three for consideration at the next commission meeting, to see if they could [...]
info2021-06-24T07:58:37-05:00June 24th, 2021|
They don’t need their own City Hall, but residents of what would become the newest town in Kansas said they must establish their own city limits to protect their endangered rural lifestyles. Dozens of those who live in the unincorporated outskirts of a sprawling industrial park in southwestern Johnson County asked to form their own city in hopes of stopping — or at least slowing — the ever-encroaching development of industrial warehouses. Opposition to the massive Logistics Park Kansas City intermodal facility has been brewing for months. But it has only boiled over as the industrial park hopped over Interstate 35, [...]
info2021-06-24T07:58:06-05:00June 24th, 2021|
The Lenexa City Council has rejected a consulting firm’s recommendation to close Ad Astra Pool near 83rd Street and Maurer Road. Instead, council members committed to maintaining an aquatics facility at that location. The June 15 action was a victory for residents who had mounted an online petition in 2019 after an earlier attempt to close the pool, won a reprieve and continued to advocate for Ad Astra as the city scoped out an aquatics strategy for the future. Ad Astra had been targeted for closure because of its poor condition and high cost to renovate; stability issues on the site; [...]
