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Burrton schools district office damaged by quake

2019-08-18T21:45:06-05:00August 18th, 2019|

Burrton School officials relocated high school classes to middle and elementary school classrooms Friday morning after Reno County’s 4.2 magnitude earthquake appeared to have damaged several walls in the district’s school building. The students were allowed to return to their classrooms after lunch, however, after a structural engineer determined damage to the high school itself was only cosmetic. The district’s central office did suffer structural damage, said Superintendent Joan Simoneau, so they’ll have to relocate those offices until the building can be repaired. (Read more: Local - The Hutchinson News)

Planners to consider wind farm regs

2019-08-18T21:44:49-05:00August 18th, 2019|

Discussion will begin in earnest next week on possible wind farm regulations for the area surrounding Parsons. The Parsons Planning Commission will meet Tuesday to begin consideration of a zoning amendment for wind energy conversion systems in the 3-mile area. After a recommendation from City Commissioner Tom Shaw to develop wind turbine regulations, the planners first took up the issue in a July 23 meeting. They decided the full planning commission, instead of a subcommittee, should look into the issue. Labette County has no zoning regulations, and county commissioners have indicated they have no intentions to approve zoning laws. The city [...]

DCCC helicopter program takes off

2019-08-18T20:47:26-05:00August 18th, 2019|

Dodge City Community College has been granted permission to enroll veterans in the college helicopter flight program. The Veteran’s Administration and the Arizona State Approving Agency gave the college permission, and according to DCCC Provost Adam John, students and officials knew the re-certification process was nearing a conclusion, so when approval was official, veterans signed up quickly. “We are anticipating 20 students in the program for the fall semester,” John said. (Read more: News - Kiowa County Signal - Kiowa County, KS)

Lake Shawnee’s use of herbicide to combat Eurasian milfoil draws criticism

2019-08-18T20:17:12-05:00August 18th, 2019|

Lake Shawnee has been identified time and again as one of the most idyllic locations in Shawnee County, leading county commissioners to invest heavily in the area in recent years with new walking paths and other features. But maintaining that beauty, and more importantly, what’s under the water, can be challenging and at times controversial. Blue-green algae is probably the most prominent issue with aquatic vegetation that many Kansas lakes and reservoirs have dealt with, often making headlines when a new case of the toxic algae springs up. But another type of difficult-to-control vegetation rarely garners much attention from the media [...]

City discusses software upgrade, water treatment plant update

2019-08-18T20:10:58-05:00August 18th, 2019|

Along with the budget, construction and new projects were also a hot topic for the Liberal City Commission during its most recent meeting Tuesday night. Up first with this was the discussion of a Sensus upgrade for the Water Department. “This is basically a software upgrade that’s going to be spread out over the next five years so we can afford it properly,” City Manager Cal Burke said. “This software does have a lot more capabilities than what our prior software had and basically, the old software is going to die away on us.” (Read more: Liberal First)

Planning Commission to discuss changes in development density requirements, parking requirements

2019-08-18T20:07:58-05:00August 18th, 2019|

The Hays Area Planning and Development Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Hays City Hall, 1507 Main. Agenda items for Aug. 19 include discussion of proposed changes to the Unified Development Code regarding a reduction in development density requirements and changes in parking requirements. City staff is considering some changes to the UDC that would remove specific requirements for development density. (Read more: Hays Post)

Relief coming to the ‘worse streets’ in town

2019-08-18T20:05:01-05:00August 18th, 2019|

A long-awaited project to reconstruct a section of the west side of Derby has a contract to proceed. At its Aug. 13 meeting, the City Council approved a $1.8 million bid from Pearson Construction LCC to rebuild Kay and Water streets from K-15 to Madison Avenue. The project will reconstruct the streets to what is known as an industrial standard. That includes stormwater sewers, curbs and gutters, and a sidewalk on one side. (Read more: Derby News | derbyinformer.com)

Johnson County celebrates milestone in courthouse construction

2019-08-18T21:42:47-05:00August 18th, 2019|

The frame for the new Johnson County Courthouse under construction in downtown Olathe has been completed. Johnson County staff, Olathe city staff and JE Dunn Construction celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 13 with a “topping out” ceremony at the construction site, when crews raised the last steel beam 238 feet to the courthouse’s highest point in its structural framing. When it opens in early 2021, the new courthouse, with 28 courtrooms and approximately 350,000 square feet of space, is expected to address the county’s criminal justice needs for the next 75 years as Johnson County continues to grow. (Read more: Shawnee Mission Post [...]

Storm winds blow trains off tracks in Kansas

2019-08-18T19:59:47-05:00August 18th, 2019|

Strong winds from a line of thunderstorms blew over two BNSF freight trains in Harvey County Saturday night near the small town of Walton, or about 7 miles northeast of Newton. The winds, estimated at nearly 70 miles per hour, pushed over an intermodal train on the mainline and an empty LP gas tank car train on the siding. Emergency crews were on the scene throughout the day trying to clear the wreckage so trains could start moving again. Two portions of the nearly two-mile-long intermodal train left the tracks while the entire train hauling the tank cars fell on its [...]

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