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Students seek civic service with the Engage Dodge program

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Presenting the youngest class to graduate from the City of Dodge City’s Engage Dodge program! Dodge City High School and Dodge City Community College students were honored Nov. 16 for their dedication to learning all the facets of civic engagement during the six-week Engage Dodge course. They were presented with certificates and street signs bearing their names. ...Dodge City USD 443 ESOL and Diversity Engagement Coordinator Blanca Soto said... “Our hope is they will share the information they learned with their friends and families.” Source: Dodge City Daily Globe

Emporia Spanish Speakers luncheon tackles community inclusion, cohesion

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Can a city truly be bilingual? That was the question Emporia Spanish Speakers attempted to answer at its luncheon event with the Kansas Leadership Center Wednesday afternoon. ESS members, community leaders and Emporia residents gathered in The Next Level bar above Casa Ramos Wednesday for a luncheon discussion about the future of a bilingual Emporia. The conversation was sparked by Emporia Spanish Speakers’ recent feature in a state publication... Can one city have two languages? For ESS Founder and Director Lelan Dains, the answer is simple: Sí. Yes.. “When we think about bilingualism we tend to think about native Spanish speakers [...]

Wichita has had a record number of pedestrian deaths already this year, data shows

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A man who was killed Tuesday while crossing South Seneca is the latest in a record number of pedestrians killed in Wichita this year. This year’s number of pedestrian fatalities is roughly three times higher than it was for 18 years — before a spike in the past four years. Police records on pedestrian deaths, which go back to 2000, show that Wichita had five or fewer deaths each year until 2018, when eight people were killed. There were 11 in 2021; and there have been 14 so far this year. Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Chetopa beer sales on Sundays to begin in January

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Chetopa residents will be able to purchase beer on Sundays in the near future. The Chetopa City Council gave its approval for the ordinance Nov. 1. Sixty-one days from now the ordinance will go into effect, so around the middle of January. It had to be published twice in the Labette Avenue newspaper. The second notice was published today, Chetopa City Clerk Toni Crumrine said. Once it goes into effect, people will be able to buy beer from noon to 8 p.m. Sundays. Source: Parsons Sun

New National Broadband Map Offers Granular Look at Service and Gaps

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The Federal Communications Commission on Friday released an initial draft of a national map showing in greater detail than ever before what locations in the country have broadband service. The move is a major step toward making sure roughly $42 billion to increase high-speed internet service that was included in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law goes to the places that need upgraded connections the most. The prior map used to distribute federal dollars has been criticized because of its lack of detail about service availability. Source: Route Fifty - All Content

USD 383 prepares to name Eric Reid as next superintendent

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The Manhattan-Ogden school board will officially consider naming assistant superintendent Eric Reid as the next superintendent. Board president Curt Herrman this week said the board would vote on the matter, which the board previously approved as a succession plan, at the meeting Dec. 7. If approved next month, Reid will replace Marvin Wade, who will leave June 30 after the board accepted his retirement during Wednesday’s meeting. Reid is no stranger to serving as superintendent. He was the leader of USD 327 Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo for four years before joining USD 383 in 2015. Reid replaced Robert Seymour, who retired from the assistant [...]

Haysville honors officer with Life Saving Award

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A Haysville police officer was honored at Monday’s city council meeting with a Life Saving Award from the police department. Chief Jeff Whitfield presented the award to officer J.D. Willis. Whitfield said Willis was dispatched to back up Sedgwick County Sheriff’s officers at a motor vehicle accident on May 20, 2022. When he arrived on the scene, Willis saw that a motorcycle passenger had suffered a traumatic amputation of a leg in the accident. He applied a tourniquet and medical personnel said that his quick thinking and action saved the victim’s life. Source: Times-Sentinel Newspapers » Feed

Argonia will soon have its own police force again

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The City of Argonia will soon have its own police force again. During the Nov. 7 Argonia City Council meeting, council members made the decision to offer part-time positions to two different officers. Both potential hires are currently working in federal law enforcement. The city has not employed a police officer since the end of September 2020. The hirings will become official after the candidates complete required paperwork and finish some required training for local police officers. Source: Times-Sentinel Newspapers

STAR bond projects near completion in Goddard

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...the Goddard City Council recently received reports that several pieces of the city’s STAR bond project are nearing completion. Of those developments, developer Rodney Stevens notified council members that the Genesis Health Club is now open. He also expects a soft opening for the water park in November and the debut of the city’s new natatorium to follow two weeks later. The Hampton Inn hotel is also set to complete construction on Dec. 1. Source: Derby Informer | Area

City of Wichita vs. Griffie: Constitutionality of an ordinance

info2022-11-18T11:17:31-06:00November 18th, 2022|

The City of Wichita (City) charged Gabrielle Griffie with unlawful assembly under Wichita Municipal Code of Ordinances (W.M.O.) § 5.73.030 (2020) several days after she organized and participated in a protest on the streets of Wichita and the steps of its federal courthouse. The City's theory of the case was that Griffie planned the protest for the purpose of engaging in "disorderly conduct"—more specifically, engaging in "noisy conduct tending to reasonably arouse alarm, anger or resentment in others." W.M.O. § 5.24.010(c) (2020). After the municipal court found Griffie guilty, she appealed to the Sedgwick County District Court and requested a jury [...]

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