info2018-09-27T10:59:53-05:00September 27th, 2018|
Utility customers in the City of Mulvane are now able to pay their utility bill balances over the phone. This service is for utility bills only. According to a release from the City of Mulvane, the automated phone system is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (Read more: DerbyInformer.com - news,news/)
info2018-09-27T10:59:17-05:00September 27th, 2018|
According to The Mulvane News, the City of Mulvane received $155,051.97 from the Kansas Lottery Commission, which represents a 1 percent share of August’s gaming revenue. The contract between the casino and the Kansas Lottery calls for the return of 1 percent of each month’s gaming revenue to the City of Mulvane, and to both Sumner and Sedgwick counties. So far this year, Mulvane’s 1 percent share amounts to $1,233,106.79, which is more than 72% of the budgeted amount, according to The Mulvane News. (Read more: DerbyInformer.com - news,news/)
info2018-09-27T10:56:31-05:00September 27th, 2018|
Larned State Hospital has a wait time of one to two days. For Osawatomie State Hospital, it’s three to seven days. Such were the matter-of-fact estimations of Heather Porter, chief clinical officer at Newton Medical Center. She has such estimates because, increasingly, Newton Medical Center functions as a makeshift mental ward, holding patients until a state bed comes open. In the last three months, according to its own numbers, the hospital admitted 127 patients to the ER in need of mental or behavioral health care. Fifty-nine were discharged to home care. The rest went to mental institutions or other hospitals. Porter [...]
info2018-09-27T10:51:51-05:00September 27th, 2018|
SSales tax receipts so far for 2018 on goods and services purchased in Hays are up only slightly over 2017, according to Kim Rupp, finance director for the City of Hays. Right now, receipts are up only seven-tenths of 1 percent, after showing decline the first five months of the year, and then increasing slightly in June, July and August. Sales tax receipts supply money for public works, streets, parks, police, administration, municipal court, the fire department, the golf course, city swimming pools and the baseball fields, among other things. “Basically it’s what runs the city,” Rupp said, referring to the [...]
info2018-09-27T10:49:54-05:00September 27th, 2018|
When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth city commissioner reached a consensus to advance ordinances that would increase rates for city sewer and trash collection services. Public Works Director Mike McDonald said one of the ordinances will increase wastewater, or sewer, rates by 5 percent if approved. Wastewater rates are based on water usage. McDonald said most people in the city pay between $21.29 and $28.46 per month. With a 5 percent increase, these customers’ monthly fees will be raised between $1.06 and $1.42 per month. McDonald said the city has been increasing sewer rates by 3-5 percent for the last few years. [...]
info2018-09-27T10:45:51-05:00September 27th, 2018|
With six weeks to go until the general election, the Johnson County Election Office is making a push to get hundreds of new workers trained and ready to staff polling locations. The election offices says it hopes to have 2,200 election workers in the field Nov. 6 — and increase of 1,000 from the 1,200 it had at the polls for the primary. There were around 1,600 election workers signed up to work on Election Day before the Election Office’s recruitment efforts began earlier this month. So far, they’ve had just over 220 new applicants come in, bringing the total available [...]
info2018-09-27T10:44:55-05:00September 27th, 2018|
The Louisburg City Council received good news at its Sept. 17 meeting, including more than four million reasons to celebrate. Laura Gray, an engineer with the firm Larkin Lamp Rynearson, said not only has the facility plan for a new wastewater treatment plant in Louisburg been approved by the state, but the city has qualified for low interest loan funding with principal forgiveness. “It is estimated this will give you $4.275 million in principal forgiveness,” Gray said. “It is like a grant, but not quite. It is amazing, great news.” Mayor Marty Southard agreed, exclaiming that it was “fantastic.” The loan [...]
info2018-09-27T10:42:35-05:00September 27th, 2018|
Liberty Township road and bridge representative Linda Peters appeared at Monday’s county commission to address the county’s road situation. She requested an evening meeting to give township representatives opportunity to raise concerns and communicate with the Road and Bridge Department. “I’m not blaming the graders in this area,” Peters said. “They have a monumental task after months of neglect. I want to apologize in advance for the anger and disgust they see in the eyes of residents, landowners, and taxpayers.” Many residents want to hold another meeting, and wish to do so even without the commission’s blessing, she said. “Others want [...]
info2018-09-27T10:39:18-05:00September 27th, 2018|
Florence city council held back-to-back executive sessions at Monday evening’s meeting to discuss a lease offered by the DeForest family for use of Crystal Springs. The sessions were held for half an hour and 20 minutes, with the council, Mayor Bob Gayle, and city attorney Randy Pankratz present. “At the recommendation of our attorney, we’re still in negotiations,” councilman Traycee Warner said. The process has dragged on, but it needs to be solved properly, she said. “It’s been physically and emotionally draining for me, but I agree all parties have to be protected,” Warner said. “That’s what negotiating the contract will [...]
info2018-09-27T10:37:15-05:00September 27th, 2018|
Old Settlers’ Day is as rich in tradition and as filled with constant change and progress as the years past which it honors. Indeed, it is the careful blending of tradition with innovation that makes Old Settlers’ Day one of the best annual celebrations in Central Kansas. Always county-oriented, Old Settlers’ Day began Jan. 7, 1881, with a reunion for all people who settled in Marion County in the 1860s. The old settlers gathered for a basket dinner and reminiscing in Marion. Other “pioneer picnics” and old-fashioned Independence Day celebrations were conducted both before and after this affair, but Jan. 7, [...]
