Years after retiring as a full-time cop and city administrator, Marion mayor David Mayfield has plunged back into part-time police work. Mayfield, 72, now works part-time transporting prisoners for the sheriff’s office. “I’m a jail deputy,” Mayfield said. “It’s just prisoner transports.”… Mayfield has known sheriff Rob Craft for many years because both worked for the Kansas Highway Patrol and were trainers at KHP academy.
Source: HILLSBORO Star-Journal
Following a vote in the 2020 general election, the community of Belle Plaine now has a formal Parks and Recreation Commission – a first for the city. While the community wasn’t lacking for recreational sports opportunities, Parks Advisory Board vice chairman Jessica Ferguson noted the entity behind those summer and fall leagues – the Belle Plaine Recreation Organization – was a volunteer group. Additionally, with a Parks Advisory Board instead of a Recreation Commission, the organization kept running into issues pursuing opportunities for the community.
Source: Derby Informer | Area
TThe first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived at William Newton Hospital in Winfield on Wednesday, and will be administered to front line staff who directly care for or come in close proximity to COVID-19 positive patients. The hospital received around 145 doses of the vaccine at around 1 p.m. Wednesday and began giving them to employees on Thursday morning, according to an email from Cowley County Health Officer Tom Langer. The hospital also posted on its Facebook page Thursday morning that it had received the vaccine and begun administering it to workers.
Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
The coronavirus pandemic has crushed revenues at the Overland Park Convention Center this year, with officials now expecting to end the year with only about a third of the revenue and less than half the staff they had in 2019. “This pandemic has moved us back 20 years,” said Brett Mitchell, the center’s general manager. The numbers now more closely resemble how the center was doing its first year of operation, he told the city council’s Finance, Administration and Economic Development committee this week.
Source: Prairie Village Post
Supersonic test flights are coming to Kansas with a deal signed between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). The test flights will be on the new Kansas Supersonic Transporation Corridor (SSTC), an 886-mile invisible racetrack. The planes will fly at or above 39,000 feet, which is 7.3 miles above ground, in federal airspace. The SSTC is for non-military aircraft that fly faster than the speed of sound. … The deal is a collaborative effort involving U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas, the FAA, NASA, the Air Route Traffic Control Center and the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University. Moran says industry forecasts show a market for up to 300 supersonic aircraft over a 10-year period. It is unclear how soon testing could begin.
Source: KSN-TV
The Dodge City Police Department completed an investigation into the alleged threats over a mask mandate received by former Mayor Joyce Warshaw. The investigation determined that the emails were sent by an out of state resident in response to an article he had read in an expression of displeasure because the city did not adopt a mask protocol sooner. The investigation of findings, which was reviewed by two prosecutors, showed that the messages received by Warshaw did not meet the elements required by Kansas Criminal Statutes regarding threats.
Source: KSN-TV
A local pocket park has opened for one Southeast Kansas town. A tiny park located between two buildings called The Gathering Place, has opened in Parsons on Main Street. This was a joint effort between the city and Southeast Kansas Point of ride. The project was funded locally and several businesses in town contributed to its construction. Jim Zaleski, Director of Economic Development and Tourism, said, “It’s great that we were able to have local contractors, the assistance of the college, the fund was all local, the city stepped up with the land and some of the assistance, the bank, we just had so many people come to this cause, just because that’s how great we feel about the potential of our main street.”
Source: KSNF/KODE
A GoFundMe has been set up to replace the Wichita police chief’s khakis, which were ruined after he tackled a suspect that appeared to be trying to commandeer moving vehicles Thursday morning along Kellogg. Chris Underwood of Brookville was a passenger in a vehicle going east on Kellogg and captured the incident on video. Traffic had come to a halt as a man ran around trying to get into vehicles, Underwood said. The man hopped the barrier, bringing the westbound traffic to a halt. He attempted to get into one vehicle without success, and then he tried the same with a small, red pickup.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
The state is preparing for the future as the way people are choosing to travel is changing. Walking, biking, skating, or riding a scooter are some of the forms of travel that more people are choosing to use to get where they need to go. “Couple reasons, one for sport and one for exercise,” said Topekan Jim Edwards about why he likes to ride his bike….The Kansas Department of Transportation wants to hear from him, and others with an interest in more than just driving. … KDOT is asking people to fill out a survey that asks questions about safety and accessibility.
Source: KSN-TV
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