info, Author at Ranson Financial Group LLC

The Geary County Sheriff invites the public to a town hall meeting

info2019-06-14T10:09:59-05:00June 14th, 2019|

Daniel Jackson ( Photo courtesy of the Sheriff’s Department ) Geary County Sheriff Daniel Jackson Jr. has invited community members to the Geary County 4-h / Senior Center on South Spring Valley Road Monday evening ( June 17th ) for a Town Hall meeting. The sheriff will introduce the command staff of the Sheriff’s Department to the community and share his vision for the direction of the department, the changes that have been implemented, those he would like to see implemented and the reasons behind them. (Read more: Junction City Post)

Reno County Commission rejects wind farm

info2019-06-14T10:07:52-05:00June 14th, 2019|

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KAKE) - The Reno County Commission has denied the permit for a wind farm to be built in the southern quadrant of the county. The vote had to be unanimous and Commissioner Ron Hirst was the lone vote against the wind farm. For months, residents had expressed concerns about the wind farm's impact on property values, nuisance issues to homes in the area and some even brought up health concerns for wildlife. (Read more: KAKE - News)

Developer, property owner sue City of Lawrence over denial of downtown apartment project

info2019-06-13T11:18:45-05:00June 13th, 2019|

The developer behind a proposal to build a five-story apartment and retail building in downtown Lawrence is suing the city, claiming city leaders bowed to pressure from residents when rejecting the project. The lawsuit claims that decision was unlawful and asks the court to reverse the city’s denial of its project. In May, the Lawrence City Commission unanimously denied a certificate of appropriateness to Chicago-based developer Core Spaces to build the Hub on Campus Lawrence at the northeast corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets in downtown Lawrence and determined the project did not meet downtown design guidelines. The developer and property [...]

ACPD releases crime map to public

info2019-06-13T11:13:29-05:00June 13th, 2019|

The Arkansas City Police Department has rolled out a new way for the public to easily stay informed about crime in Arkansas City. The police department now has a publicly accessible online crime map called Community Crime Map, which can be accessed at www.communitycrimemap.com or bit.ly/accrimemap. All citizens are encouraged to look at this map, which also can be found in the left navigation bar in the Police Department section of the City website at www.arkansascityks.gov. The Community Crime Map analyzes crime data, presents them in map form, alerts citizens about crimes in their area and allows Ark City police to [...]

Kansas A to Z: ‘M’ is for B-29 Bombers of the Prairie Museum

info2019-06-13T10:56:06-05:00June 13th, 2019|

PRATT — Pratt has a strong historical connection with World War II and the B-29 Bomber. The Pratt Army Airfield was opened in 1943 north of Pratt on an open prairie and became the first training facility in the world for the new B-29s as they rolled off the assembly line in Wichita. Over 23,000 Army Air Corp flight and ground crew members trained at the airbase from 1943 to 1946 when the airfield was closed. Among those who trained at Pratt were Col. Paul Tibbets who piloted the Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Maj. Charles [...]

Toland hears Hutch area needs workers

info2019-06-13T10:54:46-05:00June 13th, 2019|

Industrial executives or representatives from Reno County and the vicinity told Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary David Toland Wednesday that their greatest need is workers. “I heard what I hear across the state, which is workforce, workforce, workforce is what is limiting our businesses from growing. There’s no easy solution to this challenge. It’s going to take a lot of creativity and looking to applicant pools that might have been overlooked in the past and doing recruitment that we haven’t done in the past,” Toland said after the approximately hour-long roundtable at the Hutchison/Reno County Chamber of Commerce. “The intensity of [...]

Proposed Manhattan budget currently features 3.06 mill increase, Commission wants options for further reduction

info2019-06-13T10:53:12-05:00June 13th, 2019|

Manhattan Finance Director Bernie Hayen presents the proposed 2020 city budget to the Manhattan City Commission, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Commissioner Jerred McKee was present at the meeting, just not seated yet. (Nick McNamara/KMAN) Manhattan City Commissioners requested more consolidated information on revenues compared to expenditures as well as impacts of further reducing the mill levy impact of the proposed 2020 budget. The Commission met for its second budget work session Tuesday. Currently, the 2020 budget is proposed to amount $164.48 million. That’s an increase by $8.54 million from 2019 — though around 80 percent of that increase is the result [...]

Barton County to use federal money to replace signs

info2019-06-13T10:51:26-05:00June 13th, 2019|

Great Bend Post The Kansas Department of Transportation opened bids on May 22 for the High Risk Rural Road Signing Project in Barton County. Four bids were received and the low bid of $104,700 was submitted by Martin Outdoor Enterprises based out of Pittsburg, Kansas. Barton County Engineer Barry McManaman says the county used to handle this project and was reimbursed through federal money funneled through KDOT, but the federal government took away that option. “They allowed us to use county forces to do the work and then they would reimburse us,” McManaman said. “My understanding is when the state and [...]

KNEA calls on school districts to increase teacher pay

info2019-06-13T10:48:54-05:00June 13th, 2019|

TOPEKA - The 20,000-member-plus Kansas National Education Association is strongly urging local boards of education to increase teacher salaries after the Kansas Legislature approved funding for the state's 286 school districts during the 2019 legislative session that lawmakers believe will meet constitutional requirements for equity and adequacy. "We're calling on every district to invest in teachers and those staff members who work most closely with our students," said Mark Farr, Kansas NEA president. "We have funding certainty, and our educators deserve to be compensated for their dedication to our students and the profession. Teachers are professionals who shouldn’t need to work [...]

Neighborhood near Big Ditch has basement flooding problems

info2019-06-13T10:47:17-05:00June 13th, 2019|

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - "It's 1500 square feet down there and every bit of it's underwater, or was," said Odie Edwards about her basement in West Wichita Wednesday. The Big Ditch saved their neighborhood from flooding. But now neighbors are dealing with another problem caused by so much rain. In at least one neighborhood just east of the Big Ditch the water came anyway, as the water table rose to new heights. "They're tearing out the sheet rock and all the mold, the mold set in down there and they're getting that out of the house," Odie said, describing the work [...]

About info