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Greenwood County Hospital Requests Financial Assistance To Help Until Sales Tax Funds Are Available

info2019-03-05T08:54:21-06:00March 5th, 2019|

Greenwood County Commissioners heard a request at their meeting this week from Greenwood County Hospital representatives in need of funding to help with a Medicare payback. GWCH board member Pam Brown explained that the new half-cent sales tax for the hospital will not go into effect until April and will likely not be available to the hospital until June. When budgeting, board members were under the impression that the tax would take effect in January, as that’s what commissioners had indicated prior to verifying with the state. With the hospital no longer receiving the three-mills from the county and not having [...]

Sports success at Eureka HS rallies town continuing to recover from tornado

info2019-03-05T08:40:29-06:00March 5th, 2019|

Less than a year since a tornado tore down homes and injured people in Eureka, the town comes together around high school sports. Eureka won the 3A state wrestling tournament late last month and this weekend, sends its boys' and girls' basketball teams to State. The athletes are using last year's tornado as motivation to succeed, not an excuse to let down. Two weeks ago, Eureka wrestler Kolby Beitz says more than 100 people from the community made the long trek to Hays to support the team. The wrestling team championship was the first sports title for Eureka in school history. [...]

Clearwater weighs options for future of EMS services

info2019-03-05T08:38:49-06:00March 5th, 2019|

The City of Clearwater met Tuesday night with residents to discuss the future of its EMS services. The public gathering comes a little more than one month since a late-January meeting at which city officials discussed how volunteers are hard to come by and took a look at its options to keep those services running while meeting state regulations. Clearwater has a pair of options to tackle the issue. First, it can add four paid positions, a director and three full-time paramedics. Adding these positions would come at an addition to taxpayer costs in the city. The city could also rely [...]

Metallica helps Wichita’s Intrust Bank Arena break all-time attendance record

info2019-03-05T08:35:59-06:00March 5th, 2019|

Intrust Bank Arena set a new record on Monday with the help of a thrash metal band that’s been around for 37 years. Metallica’s Monday-night crowd of 15,690 was the biggest the downtown arena has seen in its nine year-history, and it busted the previous record held by country legend George Strait, who drew 14,680 fans in 2014. The only way to get crowds that big at Wichita’s arena is to play a show in-the-round, meaning that the stage is in the center of the floor and every seat is available. That’s what Metallica did for its first show in Wichita [...]

Legislators chew on food sales tax

info2019-03-05T08:35:05-06:00March 5th, 2019|

It is not often that three legislators representing two different branches of state government, and two political parties, can agree on something. But Saturday morning there was agreement from the Harvey County delegation on one issue — sales tax on food. New Governor Laura Kelly was elected after making lowering the sales tax on food a campaign issue. However, her first budget does not contain lowering that tax. “If there is one thing that Senator (Carolyn) McGinn (R-Sedgwick), (Rep.) Tim (Hodge) (D-North Newton) and I all agree on is that we can do better with food sales tax,” said Rep. Steven [...]

City of Parsons makes tobacco 21 more restrictive

info2019-03-05T08:33:26-06:00March 5th, 2019|

Parsons city commissioners on Monday voted 3-1 to eliminate exemptions in an ordinance that made it illegal for most people under 21 to buy tobacco or vaping liquid. The change came after the request of convenience store owners to either repeal the tobacco 21 ordinance passed on April 2, 2018, or cut out the exemptions. The ordinance had made exceptions for customers who were in the military and could show military ID and to those who were 18 when the ordinance was approved. Convenience store representatives said it was too difficult during busy periods such as the lunch rush to determine [...]

South Hutchinson City Council to discuss Sunday liquor sales

info2019-03-05T06:37:26-06:00March 5th, 2019|

The South Hutchinson City Council is meeting Monday evening with several topics up for discussion. The council will begin talking about Sunday liquor sales. According to Mayor Luke Herren, the matter came up for discussion after a new retail liquor business opened and inquired about possible Sunday sales. Herren says the matter is up for discussion only and says, if the issue gains enough traction, it could come before the public for a vote. (Read more: Hutch Post)

Finney County commission enters into MOU for tax abatement for Livestock Nutrition Center

info2019-03-05T06:35:31-06:00March 5th, 2019|

The Finney County Commission on Monday agreed to enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding a 10-year, 20-percent tax abatement for a new agricultural business set to bring 15 jobs to Finney County over its first two years. Livestock Nutrition Center, LLC, a livestock feed company currently located in five states, requested the tax abatement. The Garden City location at 3680 Jones Ave., an old feed mill that has been shut down for over a year, will mark the company’s second location in the state and only one in western Kansas. Lona DuVall, president and CEO of the Finney County Economic [...]

Michael O’Donnell Found Not Guilty On 21 Wire Fraud Charges; Jury Hung On Remaining Counts

info2019-03-05T06:34:30-06:00March 5th, 2019|

Sedgwick County Commissioner and former state Sen. Michael O’Donnell was found not guilty in federal court today of 21 counts of wire fraud related to campaign payments. O’Donnell said he was “relieved” with the verdict. After several hours of deliberation, the jury said it couldn’t come to an agreement on five other charges, including two for wire fraud and three for money laundering. Judge Eric Melgren said it’s up to prosecutors to decide whether they want to retry O’Donnell on those charges. U.S. Attorney for Kansas Stephen McAllister said in a statement after the verdict was announced that his office is [...]

Geary County Commission shuts down CVB Advisory Committee

info2019-03-05T06:31:18-06:00March 5th, 2019|

There will no longer be a Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Advisory Committee. The Geary County Commission adopted a resolution on a 3-0 vote Monday to dissolve the committee. Commissioner Keith Ascher said the issue was discussed with members of the Advisory Committee who were supportive of the idea and that CVB Director Michelle Stimatze was also asked about it. “And she thought it was appropriate, so we took action today ( Monday ) to dissolve that committee. So now it ( CVB ) will strictly be in the hands of the county commissioners, which makes more sense.” Ascher added [...]

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