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Topeka business owners thank law enforcement for keeping community safe

Business owners in downtown Topeka presented the Topeka Police Department, Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office, and Kansas Highway Patrol with a banner of appreciation. Edie Smith, the owner of a business downtown, said the banner is to thank them for how they handled the protests that happened in downtown Topeka over a week ago, but also for the work they do in protecting the community year round. “We’re just very proud of them and wanted to show that appreciation so they had something positive to focus on from the community than having to hear just the negativity all the time,” Smith said. Chief Bill Cochran with the Topeka Police Department said the scrutiny has been hard for Topeka Police Officers, but he’s grateful for the show of support from businesses downtown.
(Read more: KSNT News)

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Sidewalk cafes, outdoor retail space now can open in Wyandotte County

Because of COVID-19, some of the rules governing restaurants and retail stores have been loosened to allow sidewalk cafes and retail space. The Unified Government Commission approved the rules on June 4 and they went into effect on June 11, after publication. The ordinance and resolution allows some businesses to use public rights-of-way as additional space to do business.
(Read more: Wyandotte Daily)

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FAA funds Hays airport improvements

Hays Regional Airport, Hays Aircraft LLC general manager Chris Springer is aware of the $2.2 million in upgrades the city of Hays has planned in the next year for the airport. The construction, financed by the Federal Aviation Administration through the Phase III Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will have minimal affect on operations, according to city officials. Hays Aircraft, the fixed base operator that fuels and repairs aircraft and offers flight lessons, will see a difference when work begins on an asphalt overlay to rehabilitate Airport Fuel Road on the east side of the airport. “That’s how we get our fuel trucks to the airport, all the deliveries come on that road,” Springer said. “So we’ll be re-routing the trucks to another road.”

(Read more: Newton Kansan)

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Parsons to consider microchipping vicious dogs

Recent dog bites in Parsons may lead to approval of an ordinance requiring the owners of vicious dogs to pay for an identification microchip. The ordinance city commissioners will consider on Monday would require the city to impound any animal that bites a person and have it implanted with a microchip to help identify the animal in the future. The cost would be assessed to the owner if the animal is ultimately declared viscous. The dog could later be impounded in violation of the ordinance requiring vicious animals to be removed from the city. The city would have the option to euthanize the dog if the court deems it necessary. During a Thursday afternoon work session, City Manager Debbie Lamb said the proposed ordinance is a result of several dog bites in the last few weeks. She said it is fairly certain that one of the dogs had been declared vicious and the owners ordered to remove it from town.
(Read more: Parsons Sun)

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Public pool patron in Ark City confirmed to have virus, free testing Monday

A teenager girl who tested positive for the coronavirus was at the Arkansas City public pool on Wednesday and also attended a sleep over in Ark City, possibly exposing others to the virus, according to a press release from the public health department. The girl, 14, experienced symptoms June 5 and was tested in Sedgwick County, where she splits residence with custodial parents there and in Cowley County. The girl’s mother took the child to a local private care clinic, which contracted a private lab for the test. She came to Cowley County this week and Wednesday night the test result came back positive, the City-Cowley County Health Department stated.
(Read more: www.ctnewsonline.com)

Ranson Financial2020-06-15T07:48:11-05:00June 15, 2020|News|

Brew tourism boosting small-town economies, farmers

Nationwide, consumers are making micro-breweries a destination. As more and more people want to support local businesses, they’re heading to micro-breweries – sometimes supporting a farmer in addition to the brewery. Breweries are bringing customers into small towns and cities across Kansas. “It’s not just visiting Sonoma anymore,“ said Bart Watson, chief economist for the Brewers Association. “People are willing to travel to visit a brewery. Brew tours of micro-breweries are big now.” Although dozens of breweries in Wichita and Kansas City garner followers, cities off the beaten path, like Garden City and Scott City, attract “beer tourists,“ as well
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)

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Support for law enforcement shown at Pratt rally

The sun was hot, the Kansas wind blowing and the gathered crowd small in numbers, but the support felt by Pratt county and city police officers was overwhelming, and they were grateful a community prayer support service Thursday evening in Pratt. “I wanted to do this because I just felt we need unity and peace in our country,” said prayer support service organizer Donna Rawlings. “We are so thankful here, for all of our law enforcement, police, fire, EMS workers. It never hurts to offer prayers for their safety and to let them know, publicly, that we appreciate all that they do on a daily basis.” Pratt Ascension Lutheran Church pastor Dan Chrismer led a group of more than 25 in a prayer of thanks and support, mentioning special protection for all those willing to give their lives for friends known and unknown, every day on the job.
(Read more: News – The Hutchinson News)

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Hutch Municipal Band celebrating 145th season

The Hutchinson Municipal Band is pleased to announce their 2020 Summer Concert Series beginning at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. In light of the threat of COVID-19, performances will move from the Reno County Farmer’s Market to Carey Park next to the Hutchinson Zoo to facilitate social distancing and give patrons with pre-existing conditions and other high-risk categories the opportunity to enjoy concerts from the safety of their cars. “It was so important to perform that even if our season was abbreviated, it was important to provide some normalcy to our community. But we wanted to be smart about it,” said Randy Johnston, the band’s president. Now its 145th year, the Hutchinson Municipal Band continues its longtime service to the community of Hutchinson and Reno County by presenting its free annual Summer Concerts Series featuring the Salt City Jazz Band and the Hutchinson Municipal Band’s Concert Band.
(Read more: News – The Hutchinson News)

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Wheat harvest 2020 is a go, some fields going at 60 bushels an acre

There’s finally some good news for 2020. The wheat harvest is getting started in Sumner County and it looks good so far. Obviously, the Coronavirus did not affect the wheat and the weather cooperated, and that should make for a good crop this year. Sumner County Extension Agent Randy Hein said the weather provided a good fill period, and it seems dry enough for farmers to get in the fields and begin harvesting. Some have already started in the Caldwell area, as well as Wellington. There are some areas of the county that still have some maturing to do. The extension service cut a plot they had planted for research, it looked good. Hein said he did not have any data yet, but what he saw looked good. “I have heard of some 60 bushels per acre yields and it would not surprise me if there were some fields that had 80 bushels per acre,” he said.
(Read more: Sumner NewsCow)

Ranson Financial2020-06-15T07:48:41-05:00June 15, 2020|News|

Protestors in downtown Ark City call for racial justice

The “Black Lives Matter” chant being shouted across the globe reached Arkansas City, Kansas on Saturday afternoon as protestors against racial injustice packed the corners of a busy downtown intersection. At 1 p.m., Summit Street and Central Avenue began to fill up with residents holding all manner of signs and occasionally shouting “Black Lives Matter” as cars drove by, many of which honked their horns in support. The event was staged near Ben Givens City Center Park, which offered some shade for protester throughout the hot afternoon. Notably, the park is named after a former Ark City mayor and police officer who was African American.
(Read more: The Arkansas City Traveler)

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Topeka business owners thank law enforcement for keeping community safe

Sidewalk cafes, outdoor retail space now can open in Wyandotte County

FAA funds Hays airport improvements

Parsons to consider microchipping vicious dogs

Public pool patron in Ark City confirmed to have virus, free testing Monday

Brew tourism boosting small-town economies, farmers

Support for law enforcement shown at Pratt rally

Hutch Municipal Band celebrating 145th season

Wheat harvest 2020 is a go, some fields going at 60 bushels an acre

Protestors in downtown Ark City call for racial justice

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