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Caney Valley schools going to 4-day weeks due to water shortage

info2023-10-20T07:41:24-05:00October 20th, 2023|

A southeast Kansas school district is going to four-day weeks. The Caney Valley School District in Montgomery County will be closed on Mondays starting October 30th. District officials say they are making the change as the Caney community deals with a water shortage due to an ongoing drought. The district released a statement saying that school facilities will not be able to offer showers, and they are looking at a modified sports schedule for the rest of the semester to limit home events. The schools have been providing bottled water to students and staff, and a donation from Atmos Energy will provide [...]

Derby City Clerk Ciarleglio earns special designation

info2023-10-20T07:41:41-05:00October 20th, 2023|

The International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) Inc. recently announced that Derby City Clerk Lynn Ciarleglio has earned the designation of Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC). IIMC grants the CMC designation only to municipal clerks who complete demanding education requirements, and have a record of significant contributions to their local government, community and state. Source: Derby Informer | News

Mediation set to begin in Wetmore school land transfer

info2023-10-20T07:14:33-05:00October 20th, 2023|

Mediation meetings between representatives of Jackson Heights, Prairie Hills and two other school districts regarding the possible transfer of land from Prairie Hills into the other three districts are “likely” to begin next week, Jackson Heights Superintendent Jim Howard told the USD 335 Board of Education at its monthly meeting on Monday. “We got our mediator assigned to us today,” Howard told board members regarding the request from the Jackson Heights, Nemaha Central and Vermillion school districts to have land transferred from Prairie Hills into the three districts in the wake of Prairie Hills’ decision earlier this year to close Wetmore [...]

Local deputies undergo CIT training

info2023-10-20T07:11:24-05:00October 20th, 2023|

Nearly 50 officers from six jurisdictions have attended Crisis Intervention Team training (CIT) at the Independent Living Resource Center, discussing and going over new practices to help those dealing with mental health issues. "It's absolutely eye-opening being able to hear people be vulnerable to understand that it's more listening and assisting the problem," Sedgwick County Deputy Jason Richards said. These training sessions feature panels with mental health experts, lectures, and mock scenarios where law enforcement encounters someone in the field who may be in distress. Source: KSN-TV

Kansas communities, businesses address lack of daily child care options for parents

info2023-10-20T07:09:48-05:00October 20th, 2023|

Finding affordable child care has been a challenge for families across Kansas. For many parents, it's the choice between caring for their child and going to work. Creekstone Farms opened a new facility on Wednesday for its employees that can care for 146 kids daily in Arkansas City. They hope this will be a solution to their turnover issue. The company was experiencing a 57% turnover rate in 2014. In just a few years, that rate doubled, as they were losing over 100%. Company leaders wanted to better understand the reason behind such a dramatic increase. Source: KSN-TV

Southeast Kansas students go back in time for Cato Kids’ Day

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

This JoCo city could be next to make rules for protecting mature trees

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

Merriam is creating a public art master plan

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

Axtell’s newest project: fitness center

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 [...]

Armed intruder at Garden City Community College locks campus, schools down Thursday morning

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

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