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1970s art installation in Shawnee Mission Park now a hidden gem

info2022-04-28T07:06:25-05:00April 27th, 2022|

A Johnson County sculptor whose artwork is in collections around the world and were featured in Marvel© and DC© comics-related movies was also the creator of a public artwork recently “rediscovered” in Shawnee Mission Park. The piece in question consists of three steel and wooden cylinders with seats inside located overlooking the lake near Shelter #4 just north of the marina on the lake’s north side. They were created and donated to the park in the early 1970s by local artist Arlie Regier, who passed away in 2014. Earlier this year, JCPRD officials came across a 1972 newspaper clipping about the [...]

Wildfire burns around 180 acres in northern Riley County

info2022-04-27T23:01:25-05:00April 27th, 2022|

Firefighters battled a wildfire Tuesday evening in a rural swath of northern Riley County. It began around 7 p.m. in the area near Bjorling Road, northeast of Randolph, starting near the recent Carlson Road fire. An estimated 180 acres burned into the evening, according to Riley County Fire District No. 1. There were no reports of any structural damage. Crews cleared the scene by 11 p.m. and will be returning this morning to check for hot spots. The fire was caused by a permitted, controlled burn in the area that got out of control. Source: 1350 KMAN

Sedgwick County to conduct a different test for outdoor warning sirens

info2022-04-28T07:07:22-05:00April 27th, 2022|

Sedgwick County Emergency Management is planning a different test for the outdoor warning sirens. The sirens are usually tested on Mondays at noon in an alert mode, which is a steady tone used for tornado warnings. The test on Monday, May 2nd will be in attack mode, which is a rising and falling tone. Deputy Emergency Management Director Jonathan Marr said the attack mode has a more traditional sound and it would be used during times of war or for enemy attack. He said the message with both modes is the same, urging people to take shelter and check with news sources [...]

Jaws of Life: Newton firefighters train to save lives

info2022-04-28T07:07:50-05:00April 27th, 2022|

Many people are familiar with the Jaws of Life, a type of rescue equipment first responders use to rescue people trapped in vehicles following an accident. What people don’t know is what they themselves need to do in that situation and what they can expect. “Other than just be patient, there’s going to be lots of pops and loud noises, all this cracking you hear,” said Newton Fire/EMS Department Acting Officer Colton Garcia while he and others in the department did vehicle extraction training Tuesday morning at All Metals Recycling in Newton. They’ve been doing the training last week and this [...]

Kansas voters to decide constitutional amendment question on election of county sheriffs

info2022-04-28T07:08:27-05:00April 27th, 2022|

The November general election ballot added girth in terms of verbiage with adoption of a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution requiring election rather than appointment of county sheriffs. On Tuesday, the House affirmed a final version of House Concurrent Resolution 5022 previously endorsed by the Senate. It passed 91-31 in the House and 39-1 in the Senate — above the required two-thirds majorities necessary to place the amendment on statewide ballots. Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican running for governor, lobbied for the amendment and vowed to campaign for passage of the amendment related to election of sheriffs and potential [...]

Sedgwick County sirens will be in attack mode Monday

info2022-04-27T22:47:20-05:00April 27th, 2022|

If you are in a place where you can hear the Sedgwick County tornado sirens Monday, May 2, you may notice they sound a bit different. Sedgwick County Emergency Management will test the Outdoor Warning System's attack mode. Usually, the Monday test at noon is the alert mode, a steady tone. "The attack mode is very different," Jonathan Marr, Emergency Management deputy director, said. "It's a rise and fall tone. In some cases, it can be rather alarming for some people. The test is going to last for approximately three to five minutes." Source: KSN-TV

Osawatomie endures thousands of cyber threats

info2022-04-28T07:08:59-05:00April 27th, 2022|

The city of Osawatomie’s network servers were subjected to 47,000 cyberattacks during a one-month period earlier this year. Most of the attacks emanated from inside Russia. Bill Justesen, the city’s director of information technology, delivered that sobering news during the City Council’s April 14 meeting. The city has two networks, one for City Hall and the other for the Osawatomie Police Department, Justesen said. Two internet service providers connect the city’s two networks to the internet, he said. “Between January and February, we had approximately 47,000 attacks against our network,” Justesen said. “That’s 47,000 direct attacks against our servers.” Source: republic-online.com

Louisburg delays action on pit bull breeds until May

info2022-04-28T07:09:24-05:00April 27th, 2022|

The fate of pit bull breeds in Louisburg will have to wait until May. At its meeting April 18, the Louisburg City Council delayed voting on an ordinance that would remove the pit bull ban from city code until staff had a chance to make revisions to existing city code regarding vicious animals. That would allow council members to consider both the pit bull and vicious animal revisions to city code at the same meeting. The council’s next meeting is May 2. Source: republic-online.com

Anonymous campaign clouds Inman bond election

info2022-04-28T07:09:38-05:00April 27th, 2022|

An unidentified person or group has sent out postcards to Inman voters in opposition of a bond election that will be decided May 3. The postcard contains the district’s logo, but the district had no part in communicating the message. Superintendent Scott Friesen put out a release expressing concerns about “unnecessary confusion” the postcard might cause voters. We want to make sure the community knows that there are only two locations online that are official from the district, a website—usd448bond.com—and a Facebook page called ‘USD 448 Inman Bond Project.’” I know it’s not the school putting that information out. It’s anonymous, [...]

State poised for major investment in rural housing

info2022-04-27T22:31:10-05:00April 27th, 2022|

The state of Kansas is about to invest nearly $200 million in rural housing as part of a broad initiative to foster economic development in areas without enough homes to support a robust work force. The Kansas Legislature this week passed a worth roughly $120 million in tax credits to jump start the housing market in rural Kansas plus more than another $65 million that's earmarked in the state budget for constructing new homes. Source: Sunflower State Journal