info2019-06-07T03:45:57-05:00June 7th, 2019|
SHAWNEE, Kan. — Shawnee firefighters battled a fire Thursday night at Mill Valley High School. Fire crews were called about 9:30 p.m. to the 5900 block of Monticello Road. The school district said in a tweet that the "fire was contained to outside/exterior, where demolition is underway for expansion." The fire is out. No injuries have been reported. (Read more: KMBC.com)
info2019-06-07T03:43:50-05:00June 7th, 2019|
Extreme rainfall events of May brought severe flooding and property damage to many residents in central and eastern Kansas. Floodwaters also caused traffic disruptions, including the closure of northbound lanes on the Kansas Turnpike. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service employees have been surveying the damage from the record-setting rainfall events. Despite the lowland flooding damage, NRCS engineers and conservationists determined if it hadn’t been for the flood control structures installed by watershed district sponsors, flooding damages could have been much worse. NRCS models estimate that the federally assisted watershed dams built in Kansas helped prevent over $7 million in flooding damages [...]
info2019-06-07T03:42:30-05:00June 7th, 2019|
Plans to build a new terminal at Garden City Regional Airport have been put on hold following news that the airport did not receive a Federal Aviation Administration grant meant to pay for the bulk of the project. Last fall, the airport requested $20 million from the FAA Supplemental Appropriation Program, a new addition to the administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The $20 million would cover most of a proposed $26.85 million terminal construction project, which would replace the current facility where it stands with a new one, updated, upgraded and more spacious. The City of Garden City would still need to [...]
info2019-06-07T02:29:11-05:00June 7th, 2019|
By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post ABILENE — Hundreds of people, including more than 60 World War II veterans, Rosie the Riveters, and labor camp survivors were in Abilene on Thursday morning to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The ceremony was on the grounds of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home, in front of the statue of Eisenhower. It was an appropriate location as Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, on June 6, 1944, led the Allied Forces in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. The invasion, code-named Operation OVERLORD, has been [...]
info2019-06-07T02:20:54-05:00June 7th, 2019|
Troops stationed at Fort Riley joined the rest of the free world Thursday in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the daring D-Day invasion that led to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The Fort Riley-based First Infantry Division, also known as the Big Red One, led the assault on German forces on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Abilene, Kan., native, future president and supreme commander of Allied forces, conceived the invasion. Six World War II veterans attended the ceremony at Fort Riley, which included a recitation of names of the 316 1st [...]
info2019-06-07T02:16:16-05:00June 7th, 2019|
Wichita city officials want a long-term plan for downtown streets, and this week the public is being asked what they want to see. The consultants hired to develop the Downtown Streets Conceptual Plan are hosting “pop up” workshops Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. at the Riverfest Food Court. They’re asking members of the public to offer comment and rank a list of priorities, including whether the city should focus on making streets safer and more convenient or promote downtown neighborhoods to attract downtown development and young talent. (Read more: Local News |)
info2019-06-06T07:40:38-05:00June 6th, 2019|
It’s not that he’s against the idea of opening up easier voting access to polls, says Johnson County Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker. It’s just that a new Kansas law allowing people to vote at any precinct comes with a pile of technical challenges that will make it impossible to implement by this fall, he said. As for 2020? “We’ll do our best.” Election Commissioner Ronnie Metsker said Johnson County voters will not be able to cast ballots at any precinct this fall, citing technical challenges.... since the law was signed, county officials have struggled with how to deal with it. Standing [...]
info2019-06-06T07:39:30-05:00June 6th, 2019|
Residents who live anywhere in the county and suffered flood damage to your home or business are asked to call the United Way of the Plains at 2-1-1 to make a brief report. Emergency management officials need the information to determine the extent of the damage across the county. ... The county says it will use the information it gathers to determine the extent of damage for possible additional resources. That's something Wichita-area homeowner Don Payne says is much needed. (Read more: KWCH News)
info2019-06-06T07:35:59-05:00June 6th, 2019|
A plan to bring a state-of-the-art skating area to Reisner Park hasn’t seen nearly as much fundraising success as had been hoped for, and the City of Atchison is discussing how to adapt. While a conversation held on Monday evening involving members of the City of Atchison governing body and professional staff hasn’t yet produced any concrete steps to change things up, officials agreed that the city’s hopes to have seen major progress on fundraising by the Skate High With Hope Foundation by the end of this year don’t seem likely to be be achieved. (Read more: Atchison Globe Now)
info2019-06-06T00:11:54-05:00June 6th, 2019|
The proposed location of a new retention pond at Derby Hills Elementary would be a safety risk because of its proximity to a playground, the president of the school board said at a recent meeting. “People will say ‘it won’t happen,’ but I’m here to tell you, it will happen,” Tina Prunier said of the potential for children to drown. “I have a major concern with it being close to the playground.” Board members were discussing the schematic design of a bond project at Derby Hills when Prunier raised her concerns at the May 28 meeting. Joe Dessenberger, director of finance [...]
