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How a dropped phone became a Garden City power outage

info2022-04-26T00:47:34-05:00April 26th, 2022|

The people in southeast Garden City may be wondering why they lost their electricity for a couple of hours Sunday afternoon. Police say it is because someone in a pickup crashed into a power pole in the 1500 block of East Fulton Street over the noon hour. The pole was sheared off and suspended in the air by electric cables. Witnesses told police that the driver had fled. With the help of the Kansas Highway Patrol, police identified the driver as a 71-year-old Garden City man. Source: KSN-TV

Fort Scott National Historic Site draws visitors for Civil War Encampment weekend

info2022-04-26T00:44:34-05:00April 26th, 2022|

Fort Scott gets transformed back to the 1860's. This weekend was the "39th Annual Civil War Encampment Weekend" at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. A surgery demonstration was held at the historic hospital on the grounds. Small arms demonstrations were performed as attendees learned about different firing techniques, while the canons were brought out for artillery demonstrations. A quartermaster showed people about the different kinds of food that was served over 150 years ago. Source: KSNF/KODE

Leavenworth welcomes Bird e-scooters this week

info2022-04-26T00:42:14-05:00April 26th, 2022|

Electric scooters are gliding into Leavenworth this week. The city will eventually have between 50 and 75 of the electric scooters available for anyone over the age of 18 to use. But Kansas law prohibits electric scooter use on all highways, including Fourth Street, Spruce Street and Metropolitan Avenue. Riders need to download Bird's mobile app. Once activated, a map in the app will show riders where scooters are located. The app also provides information about pricing and fees for users. Bird says it offers community pricing for low-income riders and free rides for healthcare workers and emergency personnel who apply [...]

Barton County Commission seeks ideas from taxing entities

info2022-04-26T07:05:54-05:00April 26th, 2022|

In what officials have called a challenging budgeting year requiring creativity to balance spending with taxes, Barton County commissioners Monday night brought representatives from the myriad taxing entities in the county together for a brainstorming session as they launch the 2023 budget-planning season. “This is about getting the taxing entities under one roof and see how we can accomplish our goals in a collaborative way,” said County Operations Director Matt Patzner in his opening remarks. “How can we help each other do more?” In all, there are 54 taxing bodies that are entirely within the county or include a sliver of [...]

$50 million allocated for businesses hurt by pandemic shutdowns

info2022-04-26T07:06:48-05:00April 26th, 2022|

After a year of battling overcompensation for businesses forced to close during the pandemic, there’s a been a breakthrough in the new state budget. Tucked into the new state budget without much attention was $50 million for rebates to business that were ordered closed or had to restrict their business operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The money for the rebates – up to $5,000 per business – would come out of the state’s share of COVID relief money that it received from the federal government. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the bill with the rebate a year after she vetoed a bill [...]

Mobile homes are a unique piece to Salina’s housing crisis puzzle

info2022-04-25T07:45:48-05:00April 25th, 2022|

As Salina continues to face housing issues, one type of unit, mobile and manufactured homes, is available now and more of these units are coming by the end of this year. Danny Huehl, an installer of manufactured homes in Kansas, said a few years ago people and investors started talking about updating existing lots and building new homes in mobile home parks around the city. "This wasn't really blossoming like (we thought) it would," Huehl said. "Then all of the sudden, with the housing crisis, everything kind of exploded, so our investors are taking off and seeing there's a need for [...]

Wichita Public Library encourages residents to share their COVID stories

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

The Wichita Public Library wants you to help write history. No matter what your world looked like during the pandemic or maybe still looks like, they want to hear about it. The library hopes that by distributing coffee sleeves, you can tell your COVID story, documenting it for future generations. "Everyone has their own idea and own experience's from the COVID-19 pandemic. There are a lot of people who think that the pandemic was fake or they didn't believe in wearing masks and then we have the opposite side where people were really serious and took social distancing seriously, quarantined when [...]

Aftermath in Leoti, Kansas

info2022-04-25T07:19:25-05:00April 25th, 2022|

Saturday’s storm causing a lot of damage for some residents in Leoti, Kansas. KSN News talked with a farm bureau agent who says the storm kept her busy. Berta Binns says as of yesterday morning she had more than 12 clients filling reports of damage. Residents were sending in pictures of golf size hail, showing their car and house windows broken and reporting farm damage. NWS confirms two tornadoes in western Kansas Binns says although she would like to say this is the first time, they've had to deal with a situation like this, these high winds and storms are always [...]

Strong winds cause damage in western Kansas, six possible tornadoes

info2022-04-25T07:15:45-05:00April 25th, 2022|

WESTERN KANSAS (KSNW) — Wind, hail, severe weather, and multiple possible tornadoes went through the western part of Kansas overnight, causing damage across the Sunflower State. The severe weather started Friday evening, with hail ranging from ping pong ball to tennis ball size being reported in Leoti, Colby, Holcomb, Ulysses, Hugoton, and Garden City. As of Saturday morning around 11 a.m., KSN has seen reports of six possible tornadoes, ranging from Sharon Springs to one mile southwest of Oberlin. Sharon Springs sustained large amounts of damage to structures, but Sheriff Unruh says there are no reported injuries. Source: KSN-TV

Strong storm rolls through Sharon Springs, tears roofs off buildings

info2022-04-25T07:12:18-05:00April 25th, 2022|

National Weather Service officials were in western Kansas Saturday to assess damage from a strong storm and a possible tornado that damaged buildings in Sharon Springs and elsewhere, authorities said. Officials say the late Friday storm rolled through numerous Kansas cities, including Grainfield, Mingo and Winona. Photos of damage in Sharon Springs posted on social media sites show roofs that are caved in or gone and debris blown around city streets. Source: www.joplinglobe.com