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Kansas State Fair attendance up from 2018

info2019-09-19T20:13:17-05:00September 19th, 2019|

The Kansas State Fair announced that they saw an increase in attendance for this year’s event from last year. Officials say the great weather, along with new programming helped boost Kansas State Fair attendance by about 3 percent in 2019. according to a media release. More than 337,400 people came to the state’s largest gathering, which ended Sunday. Those figures don’t include visitors who came in free before 11 a.m. on the Fair’s kickoff day — Friday, Sept. 6. Fair officials estimate another 6,000 to 10,000 people strolled through the gates on that first morning. About 328,000 people attended the 2018 [...]

Ambulance service covers all of the county

info2019-09-19T20:11:35-05:00September 19th, 2019|

Junction City provides ambulance service including EMT’s and paramedics for all of Geary County. Junction City Fire Chief Terry Johnson said they average about 3,000 calls per year for EMS so they reach about 10% of the community every year. “We run two ambulances fully staffed and one is semi-staffed. We have an aerial truck that we have to staff as well. That crew can either operate the aerial.” They also provide transfer of patients from Geary Community Hospital to hospitals in other cities across Kansas. There are approximately 400 to 500 transfers per year. “The care that a patient can [...]

Wichita baseball stadium a month away from installing grass

info2019-09-19T20:08:08-05:00September 19th, 2019|

Every day gets Wichita a step closer to professional baseball returning to the city. With the home schedule released Wednesday, the new stadium continues to make progress towards completion. A team of 200 construction workers busy playing the sport they know to get the stadium ready for opening day. “The noisier it gets, the busier it gets the happier we are,” said Lou Schwechheimer, managing general partner and owner of Wichita Baseball 2020. All the heavy lifting is done Schwechheimer says and now it’s a race to bring all the pieces together to make the stadium ready for opening day on [...]

Community spirit brings big benefits to tiny town

info2019-09-19T21:44:03-05:00September 19th, 2019|

Getting to a doctor or even buying groceries can be tough in rural Kansas, especially if you’re elderly. But this tiny town of 800 has made it handy, with almost everything you need in one spot. Just past Minneola’s friendly sign, you won’t see a mall or even a traffic light, but something more important. “It’s a grocery store, but it’s much more than that,” said Trish Jaeger, mother of three. “It’s like a lifeline for our community.” Hometown Market and the drug store next door provide what some small towns can’t– convenience. (Read more: KSN-TV)

A new twist: Moundridge student’s invention wins national competition

info2019-09-19T20:06:18-05:00September 19th, 2019|

Logan Wulf is a typical, active fifth grader who recently earned national recognition with his science fair project. Science is one of Logan’s favorite subjects at school. “I like doing STEM and building things,” Logan said. After class, he plays football. He also enjoys other activities like riding his four-wheeler around the pasture at his grandmother’s house. When issued the challenge of inventing something for the National Museum of Education’s Student Ideas for a Better America competition, an idea came to his mind. (Read more: News - McPhersonSentinel - McPherson, KS)

El Dorado Seaman laid to rest 78 years after Pearl Harbor attacks

info2019-09-19T20:03:36-05:00September 19th, 2019|

El Dorado welcomed home one of her native sons more than 77 years after his death. Seaman Second Class Wilbur Clayton Barrett was among the 429 Sailors aboard the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor when it was struck on December 7, 1941. He remained among the unidentified and was listed as one of the unknowns from the USS Oklahoma that have been buried in mass graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. (Read more: News - The Hutchinson News)

Cowley College student designs a city flag proposal, brings it to council meeting

info2019-09-19T20:02:42-05:00September 19th, 2019|

Chandra Pourner, a graphic design student at Cowley College, presented a flag she had designed for the city. It was a class assignment to design a flag for a city, and she chose Wellington. It is a simple design of wheat stalks and stars on a blue field. Mayor Shelley Hansel said she liked the flag a lot. “I am blown away,” she said. “You did everything right. Simple colors, memorable and tells a story.” (Read more: Sumner NewsCow)

Mulvane will have second citywide garage sale

info2019-09-19T20:01:40-05:00September 19th, 2019|

This October, Mulvane residents will be able to take part in a citywide garage sale, the second in the city this year. City Administrator Kent Hixson says he believes residents held the first fall citywide sale last year. He said high interest among residents led to the second annual sale. The City of Mulvane does not endorse, host or sponsor the citywide garage sales. “They just happen. Very organic,” Hixson said. (Read more: Area | derbyinformer.com)

Neil Armstrong’s brother (a long-time resident of Marion and Peabody!) to lead Old Settlers Day parade

info2019-09-18T21:44:37-05:00September 18th, 2019|

Longtime Marion resident Dean Armstrong, brother of astronaut Neil Armstrong, his wife, Kate, children, and grandchildren will lead the Old Settlers Day parade in a float designed as a space shuttle. Their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will ride on a trailer behind the float dressed as astronauts. Armstrong has lived at the county lake since 2006 and lived in Florence for 15 years before moving to Marion. His brother, Neil, was the first man to set foot on the moon 50 years ago as part of the Apollo 11 mission. (Read more: PEABODY Gazette-Bulletin)

Group fighting to protect Century II calls it the ’most iconic structure in Wichita’

info2019-09-18T21:02:31-05:00September 18th, 2019|

A group of people fighting to protect Century II from what they fear is an effort to tear down the iconic building in downtown Wichita met there Tuesday to advocate for remodeling the structure instead. One of the organizers of the meeting, which was attended by about 100 people, said he believes an international consulting group plans to demolish the 50-year-old convention and performing arts center along the Arkansas River. (Read more: Local News |)

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