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A new casino nearly 30 years in the making opens in Park City

Wichita slots fans have a new place to try their luck as of this week. After years of legal wrangling followed by a quick construction process, the new Crosswinds Casino, owned by the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, opened to the public Tuesday night at 777 N. Jackpot Way, which is just south of I-135 off the 77th Street exit in Park City. It’s set up in a 20,000 square-foot one-room building and is filled with 500 slot machines, 200 VGT machines with red spins. There’s also a separated-off area with high stakes slot machines. Most of the blinking, glowing machines have small Plexiglass barriers separating them from their neighbors.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

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Higher bills on the horizon

Steel yourself. Higher energy bills are on the way. With the recent spike in electric and natural gas usage due to wintry weather, it’s likely that electrical rate increases will follow suit for Iola residents. “We are seeing an extremely high jump in usage,” confirmed city clerk Roxanne Hutton. (For example, one resident who used 27 units of energy in January, used 32 in February. The rest of the year, they average 7 British Thermal Units.)
Source: The Iola Register

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Rural county fire detected, reported from space satellite

Sunday afternoon, firefighters responded to a 600-acre wildland fire near Lincolnville. Chance Hayes, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service Wichita, spotted the fire using satellite thermal imagery on Sunday. Hayes was monitoring satellite feeds from the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service Group – a subsidiary of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. “Once we recognize a hotspot, we can use our software to drop a pin on that location. That will send out a text to all the individuals in that county that want to be notified of a possible wildfire,” he said.
Source: Hillsboro Free Press

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Sedgwick County partners with local churches to bring vaccines to communities of color

Churches in east Wichita, like Tabernacle Bible Church, have already served as COVID-19 testing locations during the pandemic. The move allowed for people like Gloria Wallace to get tested monthly and provided her some peace of mind. Soon Tabernacle Bible will go a step further. The church, along with St. James Missionary Baptist Church, will serve as community vaccination sites the next two Sundays as part of a wider effort by Sedgwick County to increase access to communities of color.
Source: KAKE – News

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Ogden coffee shop sets out to support local youth

In downtown Ogden, you won’t find a major coffee chain, but rather a locally owned not-for-profit coffee shop. The House Cafe has a mission to serve its community. “A lot of times if kids aren’t shown how to be employable or have a work ethic, how can you expect them to have those things,” Christopher Jacobs said. Jacobs and his wife set out on a mission to give youth in the Ogden community the chance to not only learn the skills they would need when they leave Ogden but to also provide a space for youth in the community to gather and stay out of trouble.
Source: KSNT News

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City of Manhattan launching online survey for “CrossroadsMHK” strategic plan

The City of Manhattan is launching an online survey for its new “CrossroadsMHK” strategic plan. Anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Manhattan can take part in the survey. This is part of an eight-month strategic planning process. Assistant to the City Manager Jared Wasinger said the survey is the first step in the public engagement process. “It’s a brief survey just to kick off the process,” Wasinger said. “We’re asking folks to talk about their vision for Manhattan over the next 10 to 20 years as well as what they see as the core services this city should offer.” This comes as the city of Manhattan is going through a budget crisis.
Source: KSNT News

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Effort to revamp city park in Peabody raises $110,500

An effort to revamp Peabody’s City Park has raised $110,500, placing it within $69,500 of its $180,000 fund-raising goal. The deadline for the second phase of the project is April 30, less than two months away. The new playground equipment will meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards. Volunteers will help install the new equipment when it is delivered.
Source: Marion County RECORD

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Overland Park task force will consider alternatives to controversial chip seal road resurfacing

Chip seal on Overland Park roads is going ahead for this year, but city councilmembers plan to take a hard look at whether they’ll continue the controversial resurfacing method in the future. The city council voted Monday to move ahead with resurfacing projects for this year that were previously bid for chip seal, but a consensus also agreed to set up a task force to take a look at future infrastructure issues, with an eye to finding a viable chip seal alternative. The task force would look at how the city could pay the increased cost of using another type of resurfacing, as well as poll residents on how they feel about possibly paying more in taxes for a different type of road surface.
Source: Prairie Village Post

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Parsons Police Department gains K-9 officer

The Parsons Police Department is going to the dogs, but in this case – that saying is a good thing. Robert Spinks, Parsons Police Chief, said, “That’s the key thing in rural Kansas, we have to work together or we just are not effective.” And to do this, the Parsons Police Department has been working on a very special project for over 20 years. On Monday night, it finally came together. “This is exciting for our department, we received approval last night from our city commission to purchase our first canine.”
Source: KSNF/KODE

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Parsons PD receives award for 5th year in a row

A Southeast Kansas Police Department has been recognized – again – for keeping its city safe. And it’s more good news for the Parsons Police Department. It’s earned the Platinum Award for traffic safety from AAA. This year, the award has only gone to 43 out of the 350 law enforcement agencies in the state of Kansas. The one for Parsons is thanks, in part, to the road and traffic safety programs the department runs year-round. Jordan Tomlinson, Parsons Police Department Corporal, said, “We also do programs to educate teen drivers and even adult drivers about the consequences of distracted driving such as trying to operate your cellphone while driving.” This is the 5th year in a row the department has received the award.
Source: KSNF/KODE

Ranson Financial2021-03-04T07:07:09-06:00March 3, 2021|News|

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A new casino nearly 30 years in the making opens in Park City

Higher bills on the horizon

Rural county fire detected, reported from space satellite

Sedgwick County partners with local churches to bring vaccines to communities of color

Ogden coffee shop sets out to support local youth

City of Manhattan launching online survey for “CrossroadsMHK” strategic plan

Effort to revamp city park in Peabody raises $110,500

Overland Park task force will consider alternatives to controversial chip seal road resurfacing

Parsons Police Department gains K-9 officer

Parsons PD receives award for 5th year in a row

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