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Threats made against Wichita mayor, city council member

info2022-05-25T00:44:43-05:00May 25th, 2022|

Wichita police are investigating a threat that was made to Mayor Brandon Whipple, City Council member Brandon Johnson and Interim Police Chief Lem Moore. The threat was received Monday morning through an anonymous internet platform, and a Wichita police officer was made aware of the threat. Police said the message threatened Mayor Whipple and Council Member Johnson if they appoint a new police chief. A similar message was received the previous week, directed at Interim Police Chief Lem Moore, telling him to leave Wichita. Police said Whipple, Johnson and Chief Moore were made aware of the threats immediately. Detectives are looking [...]

Unified Government warns investors of possible financial risk from upcoming McIntyre trial

info2022-05-25T00:42:13-05:00May 25th, 2022|

Officials with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, have acknowledged that an ongoing federal grand jury investigation and a related civil lawsuit against it alleging widespread police corruption could result in significant financial problems. In a prospectus to prospective municipal bond investors, the Unified Government said that an unfavorable outcome in a lawsuit filed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, resident who was wrongfully convicted of a double-homicide in 1994 could have a “material adverse effect” on the Unified Government’s finances and operations. The trial of the lawsuit brought by Lamonte McIntyre, who was exonerated and freed [...]

Wichita youth can ride city buses for free this summer

info2022-05-25T07:12:08-05:00May 25th, 2022|

As part of the City of Wichita's RIDE summer program, anyone 18 and younger are being offered free and unlimited transit rides on all regular bus routes and paratransit services from May 26 through August 31. All they have to do is show their 2021-2022 school year student ID. Any youth in Wichita without a student ID can get one for free by going to the downtown Transit Center, 214 S. Topeka. ... Age or student verification is required to obtain a youth ID. Source: KSN-TV

Rural broadband getting $10 million boost in Kansas

info2022-05-25T00:37:47-05:00May 25th, 2022|

A broadband boost has been a long time coming for many in rural Kansas. "We temper our internet usage. We don't need all our kids streaming at the same time," said rural Harper resident Leslie Gerber. "But I think in the rural communities, we struggle with getting good internet service and being able to connect with people. We also learn to just manage with what we have." Gerber is intrigued by the possibility of faster internet for her website. Years ago, she and her husband put in a berry patch. Now they own and operate Sweet Berries & Brambles outside their [...]

Abilene has been named a best historic small town finalist

info2022-05-25T07:13:02-05:00May 25th, 2022|

The Kansas town of Abilene is a finalist for a nationwide poll to determine the best historic small town in the U.S. The poll, hosted by USA Today's 2022 Readers' Choice, will be open until Monday, June 6 at 10:59 a.m. Abilene has been in the running for being named best historic small town for four years in a row according to Abilene's Convention and Visitors Bureau Director, Julie Roller-Weeks. "Thank you to the tourism attractions, businesses, residents, employees, volunteers, and leaders who help make Abilene the best historic small town,” Roller-Weeks said. “Receiving this recognition four years in a row [...]

Overland Park police officers rescue ducklings from sewer drain near Interstate 435

info2022-05-25T07:13:38-05:00May 25th, 2022|

Another duck rescue has happened in Overland Park. The Overland Park Police Department says officers saved seven ducklings Saturday evening after they slipped through a sewer drain near Interstate 435 and Roe Avenue. According to OPPD Public Information Officer John Lacy, the ducklings’ mother was struck and killed by a vehicle on the Roe exit ramp heading east. Source: Shawnee Mission Post

High jumpers bring Beloit, Kansas connection to WSU

info2022-05-25T00:28:18-05:00May 25th, 2022|

Beloit, Kansas only has a population of 3,000 citizens, which makes the connection between WSU high jumpers Brady Palen and Davis Dubbert even more special. Both Palen and Dubbert ended up at WSU following four years at St. John’s High School in northern Kansas. The pair’s paths crossed for one season in 2017 with Dubbert, a senior at the time, and Palen, a freshman, placing in first and second place at the KSHSAA State Championships. “It’s been fun for me because I find that sort of thing to be a really wonderful part of college athletics,” Director of Track and Field [...]

Humboldt voters OK school bond issue

info2022-05-25T00:11:29-05:00May 25th, 2022|

By a 2-to-1 margin, USD 258 voters approved a $17.45 million school bond issue in a special election held Tuesday. With fewer than 20% of voters taking advantage of the opportunity to weigh in, the vote was 255 in favor of the measure to 124 opposed. The district has 1,917 registered voters. Source: The Iola Register

KU Leading Project To Test New Business Model For Rural, Weekly Newspapers

info2022-05-24T14:09:45-05:00May 24th, 2022|

Business has changed since 1833. One would be hard-pressed to find businesses operating with the same model that was in place when Andrew Jackson was in the White House. But in the case of newspapers, many are still operating with the same business model established when Benjamin Day opened the first penny press nearly 200 years ago. A University of Kansas professor of journalism is leading a project to test a new model based on research with publishers and readers to help rural newspapers adapt, survive and thrive. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Teri Finneman, associate professor of journalism at KU, took [...]

Lawrence Public Schools cut 72 teaching jobs; will add third Montessori classroom

info2022-05-24T07:52:37-05:00May 24th, 2022|

The Lawrence school district has cut six dozen education positions, 11.5 classified staff positions and 6.5 district-level administrator positions, according to a staff presentation Monday evening. The school board made about $6.41 million in budget cuts this spring. The board gave staff guidance on where to make cuts but allowed staff to make decisions about which specific positions would be cut, and from which buildings. “Reductions were made through retirements and exits,” Kristen Ryan, executive director of human resources, told the board. “We did not have to use our reduction in force policy, and teachers whose positions were reduced were given [...]