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Attorney general awards local grants in Dodge City

Recently the Kansas Attorney General’s office awarded $51,000 in grants to three Dodge City organizations. Of those organizations were ones providing services for victims of crime. According to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the following grants went to CASA – Children Worth Saving, Inc., in the amount of $8,771. The non-profit organization serves the 16th Judicial District counties of Ford, Clark, Comanche, Gray, Kiowa and Meade.
Source: News – Dodge City Daily Globe – Dodge City, KS

2020-09-02T07:37:18-05:00September 2, 2020|News|
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The Life of William Inge

He was known as the “Playwright of the Midwest,” and being a Kansas native, he something to say about Dodge City. In March 1967, the “New York Times”, quoted William M. Inge; “The fact is, Dodge City and the other rip-roaring towns of the Old West were the Las Vegases of their day in employing the best talent of the East at fabulous salaries.” The “Times” article was about Inge working on his first musical screenplay, “The Lady Gay,” a fiction based on facts about Dora Hand, who was murdered while sleeping in Dodge City Mayor James Kelley’s home.
Source: News – Dodge City Daily Globe – Dodge City, KS

2020-09-02T07:36:40-05:00September 2, 2020|News|
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Just days into semester, Silver Lake USD 372 closes after COVID-19 cases

Four school days into the fall semester, Silver Lake USD 372 is closing for in-person learning again after several classified staff tested positive for COVID-19, superintendent Tim Hallacy announced Monday evening. “This small outbreak will impact our ability to properly clean and prepare each of the buildings for students and staff,” Hallacy said in a social media post. “We need some time to work with our partners at the SNCO Health Department and work with contact tracers to ensure that we have a grasp of those who may be impacted.” Hallacy said the district does not know of any cases among teachers or students.
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal

2020-09-02T07:30:54-05:00September 2, 2020|News|
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Shawnee library temporarily closes after potential termite found in materials

Johnson County Library temporarily closed its Shawnee branch Tuesday, after potentially finding a termite in returned materials. The book return is still open. “Termites love cellulose, whether in wood or paper, so they are a concern for libraries,” says Adam Wathen, Associate Director of System-Wide Services. “The last thing we want to do is send termites home with one of our patrons, so we’re taking an abundance of precaution in this situation.” The branch, located at 13811 Johnson Dr, will undergo an insect inspection and Library materials will be heat-treated. Pending the inspection’s results, the library plans to reopen Wednesday.
Source: Prairie Village Post

2020-09-02T07:40:32-05:00September 2, 2020|News|
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The Fed could be locked into zero rates for five years, or even longer

Interest rates near zero likely will stay in place not for months but instead years as the Federal Reserve seeks to re-engineer an economy characterized by low inflation and an uneven labor market. Wall Street is prepping for a return to the post-financial crisis days, when rock-bottom short-term rates prevailed for seven years before the Fed even tried moving them higher. Fed officials have outlined a revised policy in which it now will target “average inflation,” meaning a higher tolerance for inflation above 2% before hiking interest rates from current levels. In the past, the Fed would look to rate cuts when unemployment began to fall as a sign that inflation would not be far behind. In the present circumstances, then, the remaining question will be how deep the Fed’s commitment to inflation will run, what will be considered full unemployment, and how many years that will mean for zero interest rates.
Source: CNBC – Bonds

2020-09-01T08:25:22-05:00September 1, 2020|News|
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History revealed during demolition of Irene B. French Community Center in Merriam

Construction workers found an unexpected treasure while knocking down the Irene B. French Community Center in Merriam. The oldest part of the building was a school dating to 1911, and workers found a time capsule inside the cornerstone placed that year. The contents included a “Laws Relating to the Common Schools of Kansas” pamphlet from 1909, a list of those present when the cornerstone was set, and the signatures of students and other Merriam residents, including descendants of the city’s founder, David Gee Campbell, who settled the area in 1864. (Merriam was originally called Campbellton but later renamed for a railroad official.)
Source: Joco 913 News

2020-09-01T08:14:36-05:00September 1, 2020|News|
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State grants ’once-in-a-lifetime’ chance to boost broadband — if applicants win race against time

Most rural hospitals have fallen on hard times — but not in Atchison. Atchison General Hospital has seen a growth in the number of patients it served in recent years, and the hospital has even been planning to grow, buying the assets of a shuttered facility in Horton. But there is at least one barrier still remaining, according to assistant city manager Justin Pregont: broadband internet connectivity. While the hospital, like the city itself, is served by AT&T and Vyve Broadband, they both use one set of cables. That means if there is an outage, both the hospital and Atchison residents alike are in trouble if they’re looking to get online. And residents say they are unhappy with the customer service provided by AT&T, while fear about a lack of competition looms.
Source: Leavenworth Times

2020-09-01T08:13:42-05:00September 1, 2020|News|
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Merriam resident group calls on city for traffic calming measures along Knox Avenue

A group of Merriam residents last week asked the city to work alongside them for traffic calming measures along Knox Avenue between Johnson Drive and 55th Street. The group of residents submitted a letter for public comment during the Aug. 24 city council meeting to express frustration with speeding on Knox. The 14 residents acknowledged the city’s 2019 and 2020 speed and traffic studies, which came to the conclusion that not enough people were speeding to merit a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Knox Avenue and 57th Street.
Source: Prairie Village Post

2020-09-01T08:11:29-05:00September 1, 2020|News|
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New partnership will give Crawford County inmates access to mental health services

After noticing inmates in the Crawford County Jail weren’t getting adequate treatment for mental health issues and substance abuse, a new partnership was born. Crawford County Sheriff Danny Smith, said, “It’s vital that we address mental health.” Crawford County inmates will now have access to a mental health treatment program. Eric Thomason, Director of Behavioral Health Services, Community Health Center SE Kansas, said, “There’s a subset of populations that just aren’t getting adequate treatment and after meeting with Sheriff Smith, we recognized that the Crawford County jail population is one of them.”
Source: KSNF/KODE

2020-09-01T08:10:32-05:00September 1, 2020|News|
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