info2024-11-11T10:38:03-06:00November 11th, 2024|
A lack of affordable housing options in the capital city has been blamed for a growing number of unhoused Topekans. The Topeka Housing Authority is providing solutions by monopolizing on something the city has plenty of — vacant properties. Source: CJonline
info2024-11-08T10:07:16-06:00November 8th, 2024|
Overland Park is pursuing a pilot program to ensure that residents whose trash pickup is delinquent have another option as a backup. The pilot proposal follows county-wide trash pickup delays that have left some residents in recent years going weeks without trash removal in their neighborhoods. Source: Johnson County Post
info2024-11-08T10:01:29-06:00November 8th, 2024|
Although the 350,000-square-foot manufacturing campus for Grasshopper Mowers lies in McPherson County, outside Moundridge, 10% of its 280 employees hail from Marion County, with many workers making the 40-minute commute each day. Michael Simmon, who works in marketing communications at Grasshopper (and who commutes 40 minutes himself from Sedgwick County), said Marion residents appreciated the pay, the work environment, and job stability. Source: Marion County RECORD
info2024-11-08T09:45:12-06:00November 8th, 2024|
The Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, or 25 basis points, to a target range of 4.50%-4.75%. The vote was unanimous. Fed officials have justified the easing mode for policy as they view supporting employment becoming at least as much of a priority as arresting inflation. Source: CNBC - Bonds
info2024-11-08T09:44:21-06:00November 8th, 2024|
The City of Wichita is getting its crews and vehicles ready to handle snow events during the coming winter. Mayor Lily Wu held her weekly news conference at the Public Works Central Maintenance Facility at 1801 South McLean, with several plow trucks on display. The mayor said the city will have 8 brine trucks and more than 70 trucks with plows and spreaders. There will be three dispatch facilities to send the trucks out during winter storms. The city has 6,000 tons of a salt-sand mix that will be ready for use, and there is 10,000 tons of salt available to [...]
info2024-11-08T09:43:14-06:00November 8th, 2024|
Sedgwick County’s Drug Court held a graduation ceremony Thursday for 24 people who have completed their work under the program. The graduates range in age from 29 to 69, and they have completed an 18-month program of intensive supervision, drug and alcohol treatment, drug testing, and comprehensive services as they work toward the goal of lifetime sobriety. The program is not mandated by Sedgwick County Community Corrections, so all of the graduates volunteered for the program. It helps promote change by reducing new crimes and ultimately reconnects clients to their families and to society. Source: 101.3 KFDI
info2024-11-08T09:42:17-06:00November 8th, 2024|
A Memorandum of Understanding between the city of Garden City and Icon Cinemas was approved by the Garden City Commission Tuesday at its regular meeting. The MOU is for development of a property located at the 2800 block of East Highway 156 that is anticipated to house an entertainment multiplex. Danielle Burke, Assistant City Manager of Garden City, said the expected features of the project two Iconic Mega cinema screens, a beer and wine bar, a 14-lane duckpin bowling alley, an arcade area with arcade games and virtual reality elements and an outdoor theater and concert venue with a beer garden [...]
info2024-11-08T09:40:01-06:00November 8th, 2024|
The Wichita City Council has voted to provide additional funding to a program aimed at reducing gun violence in the community. The violence interrupter program began in 2021 when the city engaged Chicago-based Cure Violence Global to develop a program. Working through Wichita State University and a local organization called Destination Innovation, the program identified two areas in Wichita to begin its efforts. The program was set up in the area of 21st Street North and I-135 and in the area of Harry and Oliver. It uses trained professionals, case management and neighborhood-based services. Source: 101.3 KFDI
info2024-11-08T09:39:04-06:00November 8th, 2024|
Voters in the Rose Hill school district in Sedgwick and Butler counties have approved a bond issue of almost $20 million for school improvements. The vote in Sedgwick County was 567 yes and 341 no, while Butler County voters approved the bond issue with 1,901 yes votes and 997 no votes. The proposed bond totals $19,995,000 and is designed to deliver essential upgrades without increasing the current 17 mills tax rate. The bond issue will fund secure entrances and storm shelters and other safety and security improvements. It will also provide for mechanical system upgrades and more classroom space. Source: 101.3 [...]
info2024-11-08T09:38:04-06:00November 8th, 2024|
Arkansas City Public Library officials vowed to carry on after voters rejected expanding the library’s taxing district by fewer than 400 votes on Tuesday. They might even try again. The question before the roughly 15,000 voters within the 470 school district boundaries was whether to expand the library’s taxing boundaries from the city limits to the school district, which would generate about $250,000 more in operating revenue for the library. Voters said no by 359 votes, or 53.3% to 46.6%, according to the unofficial tally posted by the Cowley County Clerk’s office. A similar proposal involving the Udall Public Library did [...]
