info2023-10-20T07:08:01-05:00October 20th, 2023|
More than 600 kids took a trip back in time Thursday in southeast Kansas. Cato, Kansas to be exact. The students are 4th and 5th graders from schools in Pittsburg, Fort Scott, Girard, Frontenac, Uniontown, Bronaugh, and Liberal. They got to learn about the history of Cato and experience some of what life was like in the 1800s. Source: KSNF/KODE
info2023-10-20T07:06:54-05:00October 20th, 2023|
Roeland Park is taking the hot-button issue of tree preservation to the residents. After a proposed ordinance that would have put new rules in place for removing trees failed by one vote at the Roeland Park City Council this summer, the city decided to seek resident input with neighborhood meetings in each ward. Other neighboring cities like Fairway and Prairie Village have tree preservation ordinances already on the books, and have either modified or approved those policies in recent years in an attempt to preserve those suburb’s grown-out tree canopies. Source: Prairie Village Post
info2023-10-20T07:52:13-05:00October 20th, 2023|
The city of Merriam is working on a master plan to bring more public art to the city. In August, the Merriam City Council unanimously approved a nearly $30,000 contract with Julia Dixon, a Massachusetts-based consultant, to help bring a public art master plan to life. Now, the city is asking residents to take a 10-minute online survey to provide their vision for future Merriam art pieces. Source: Prairie Village Post
info2023-10-20T07:53:06-05:00October 20th, 2023|
Axtell is soon to have a new community fitness center. It’s just one in a series of new projects the town of 400 residents has taken on over the past several years with the goal of keeping their community’s population stable or growing. ... It followed creation of a new playground in the park on the town’s south end, a community PRIDE project several years ago. Then there’s Axtell Community Grocery, which opened downtown last year and has helped stock the town’s cupboards so residents don’t have to drive 10 miles east to Seneca or 20 miles west to Marysville for [...]
info2023-10-20T07:02:50-05:00October 20th, 2023|
The Garden City Police Department has issued a statement in regards to an armed intruder at Garden City Community College. At 8:00 am Thursday morning, the Garden City Community College Police Department was alerted to a possible armed intruder in the Saffell Library. Following the college’s established active intruder procedures, the campus was placed on lockdown. College employees and students followed procedures to shelter in place and/or evacuate campus to off-site emergency reunification points. Source: Western Kansas News
info2023-10-20T07:01:25-05:00October 20th, 2023|
Computer systems for almost all of Kansas’ courts have been offline for five days because of what officials call a “security incident,” preventing them from accepting electronic filings and blocking public access to many of their records. Judicial branch officials still don’t know the extent of the problem or how long the computer systems will remain offline, spokesperson Lisa Taylor said Tuesday. The problem, discovered Thursday, meant the systems haven’t been able to accept electronic filings, process payments, manage cases, grant public access to records, allow people to file electronically for protection-from-abuse orders and permit people to apply electronically for marriage [...]
info2023-10-20T07:00:10-05:00October 20th, 2023|
Riley County police board members debated Monday whether to renew an agreement with a gym for police department employees to work out. The contract between the Riley County Police Department and Genesis Health Clubs is now under review. Wichita-based Genesis, which has a facility in Manhattan, has pushed for passage of a bill that would allow it the same property tax exemptions non-profit health clubs receive despite being for-profit. This could lead to an estimated loss of $162,427 in property tax each year for Riley County, Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Board member and county commissioner John Ford said in May. [...]
info2023-10-19T08:18:48-05:00October 18th, 2023|
Work on the Smoky Hill River Renewal Project has finally began, with a section of trail new the channel officially opening at the end of the month. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for the half-mile section of the new trail at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, near the Salina Family YMCA, 570 YMCA Drive. According to the Friends of the River Foundation, the event will not only give guests the opportunity to walk or bike along the new trail section, but other activities will also be happening, including a scavenger hunt at booths along the trail, snacks and drinks. Parking is [...]
info2023-10-18T11:48:50-05:00October 18th, 2023|
Dr. Michael Davidsson of Pittsburg State’s Kelce College of Business has released the newest quarterly economic report for the Pittsburg Micropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA). According to Davidsson, the number of jobs in the area has increased at an “unprecedented rate” over the past quarter. Using data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Davidsson said the number of jobs available rose to 17,699 during the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 3.8 percent over the same quarter in 2022. This is more than the growth of the rest of southeast Kansas (3.1 percent), statewide growth (2.6 percent), and national growth [...]
