info2018-10-25T07:21:42-05:00October 25th, 2018|
An clear divide among the Sedgwick County Commission came to the surface Wednesday, a day after reports of a possible FBI investigation involving multiple commissioners. The divide on the commission has led commissioners to approve an outside investigation into management and the commissioners themselves. (Read more: KWCH News)
info2018-10-25T07:07:09-05:00October 25th, 2018|
Doug Williams has been hired as executive director of Grow Hays, after serving as interim director since May. Williams is a lifelong entrepreneur and has been involved in a wide variety of business interests during his 30-year career. “Grow Hays is critically important to the long-term growth and prosperity of our community, and I know that the board of directors and I are committed to work toward making that happen any way we can,” Williams said. “Since May, we have been grateful to Doug’s efforts as our interim director, and we are increasingly excited about our future with someone of his [...]
info2018-10-25T07:03:48-05:00October 25th, 2018|
Every day, as commuters make their way south down I-135, the faces become more visible. What’s being billed as the largest mural to be painted by a single artist in the world is coming to life on the side of a north Wichita grain elevator, and many in the community are taking notice. And some are donating money to help get it completed. Armando Minjarez once saw those grain elevators across north Wichita and thought they looked like walls — physical barriers between different neighborhoods and cultures. Minjarez also saw something else in those aging grain silos. An opportunity. And a [...]
info2018-10-25T07:00:47-05:00October 25th, 2018|
It might be the most Kansas experience you could have. Hop in your car on a Friday night and point it north on I-135. You’ll drive past miles of farm fields, zipping by Newton and Goessel, and after about an hour — not long after you’ve passed the giant, white Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church on K-15 — you’ll arrive in Durham, population 106. When you pull up to the Main Street Cafe, it will appear to be the only business open on downtown’s main drag, and the main drag is a gravel road. Every available parking place will likely be taken. (Read [...]
info2018-10-25T06:52:12-05:00October 25th, 2018|
A controversy concerning political signs in Haysville comes to a solution with the city passing an ordinance that complies with state law. In accordance with the state, yard signs can now be displayed for up to 45 days leading up to an election. The previous law in the city only allowed political signs to remain up for two weeks before they had to be taken down. Haysville's mayor made a case for the previous law , but ultimately the city agreed stepping in line with state law was the best course of action to take. (Read more: KWCH News)
info2018-10-24T10:36:56-05:00October 24th, 2018|
The mere presence of a person offering non-partisan voter assistance, or signage advertising the same, within 250 feet of the entrance to a polling place does not constitute electioneering so long as such activities do not include acts prohibited by K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 25-2430(a). The offering of non-partisan voter assistance or signage advertising such assistance, by themselves, do not constitute unlawful disorderly election conduct or intimidation of voters unless the person or persons conducting such activities also engaged in conduct prohibited by K.S.A. 25-2413 or K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 25-2415, respectively. Whether the offering of non-partisan voter assistance and education, or the [...]
info2018-10-24T10:34:30-05:00October 24th, 2018|
The return of affiliated baseball to Wichita is quickly becoming less of an idea and more of a reality. The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a ballpark development and facility-use management agreement that essentially paves the way for a 7,000-seat multi-purpose stadium to go up on the site of soon-to-be-razed Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. Including party and group areas that don't include regular seats, between 10,000 and 11,000 is expected to be the capacity for the facility. During the City Council meeting Tuesday afternoon, assistant city manager Scot Rigby said that Pacific Coast League officials on Monday gave their conditional [...]
info2018-10-24T10:33:49-05:00October 24th, 2018|
ONEOK is in the process of acquiring right-of-way to construct a new 46-mile underground liquid gas pipeline through Ellsworth, Rice and Reno counties which will end at the company’s fractionation plant west of Hutchinson. The company so far has secured about 18 percent of the necessary right-of-way through contracts with landowners, Michael Gillaspie, ONEOK manager of government relations advised the Reno County Commission Tuesday. “We’re alerting you so that when we do start construction of the pipeline, you’ll be aware,” Gillaspie said. “You’ll start seeing more trucks and piping moving through. Hotels and restaurants will see an uptick with pipeline employees [...]
info2018-10-24T10:31:31-05:00October 24th, 2018|
Bradburn Wrecking Co., Wichita, has been awarded the contract to demolish Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. Members of the Wichita City Council voted Tuesday to accept Bradburn's bid of $178,555.44 to tear down the city's 84-year-old ballpark. H. Excavating earlier this month submitted a cheaper bid (about $146,000) for the work, but that bid was left off a final list of bidders on the city's website. A start date isn't set, but Darren Bradburn said work will begin in the next few days once utilities are cut to the stadium. (Read more: Wichita Business Journal)
info2018-10-24T10:30:49-05:00October 24th, 2018|
The demolition of a city-owned building in downtown Leavenworth has started. The city purchased the building at 301 Delaware St. in August for $52,500. City officials purchased the building with plans to tear it down. With the building demolished, officials hope to find a developer for the site. City Manager Paul Kramer said the city already has a couple of leads that will be explored. “If those don’t come through, we will probably look at some sort of active marketing of the location,” he said. The building is located at the same intersection as a new hotel and a recently refurbished [...]
