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Derby Parks starts gathering input for master plan

info2022-02-22T07:45:23-06:00February 21st, 2022|

Derby parks were feeling the love last week, as the parks department and PROS Consulting held a kickoff event Feb. 15 (at Derby’s Madison Avenue Central Park) to launch the community engagement portion in forming the new Parks Master Plan. The crowd on hand was not shy in giving input, either, which is exactly what PROS representatives said they are looking for throughout the planning process. PROS assisted Derby with its previous master plan and President Leon Younger commended the community’s reputation as a “can-do city.” Considering that, Younger said his company is looking forward to engaging the community once again [...]

President approves disaster assistance for Kansas

info2022-02-21T02:00:32-06:00February 21st, 2022|

Kansas will get federal assistance to help with damage done by devastating wildfires in December. On Friday, President Joe Biden approved Governor Laura Kelly's federal disaster request. The wildfires on Dec. 15, 2021, were driven by high winds gusting between 60 and 100 mph. The fires damaged buildings, crops, pastureland, bridges, roads, and public utilities. The damage estimate is $15 million. Kelly requested public assistance for Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kearny, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Meade, Mitchell, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Ness, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Republic, Rice, Riley, [...]

Maize named fastest growing city in Kansas

info2022-02-22T07:46:29-06:00February 21st, 2022|

A new report from the League of Kansas Municipalities, using data from the 2020 U.S. Census, has named Maize the fastest growing city in Kansas. Residents and city officials said they aren’t surprised at all. “I don’t see how any other community among the state could be any busier,” City Administrator Richard LaMunyon said. “It’s just impossible. And then this came out to kind of justify what we were saying.” LaMunyon has lived in Maize for over 40 years. Residents are used to seeing new homes, apartments, businesses and lots of construction every day. “We can tell,” resident Andrea Graham said. [...]

Johnson County’s Central library set to debut drive-thru, areas for kids ‘to burn off some steam’

info2022-02-21T01:51:57-06:00February 21st, 2022|

Johnson County's Central Resource Library in Overland Park is set to re-open Tuesday after being partially closed for a year. When the library closed for renovations last February, the staff walled off a small portion of the building and called it Little Central to keep patrons safe from construction. Little Central closed on Feb. 14 of this year so workers could finish final touches and knock down the partition wall. Librarians at Central said they are excited to welcome patrons back to a space that’s nature-themed in staff spaces and throughout, which Johnson County head librarian Sean Casserley said connects employees [...]

Moving out of the Sedgwick county courthouse? Commissioners will vote to move 10 agencies Wednesday

info2022-02-21T01:50:38-06:00February 21st, 2022|

To make more space in the crowded Sedgwick County Courthouse, 10 agencies may be on the move. The decision to move them could be as early as the next county commission meeting, on Wednesday, February 23. "COVID has been a huge monkey wrench in the wheels of justice, so it is very difficult to get trials completed, particularly criminal trials you have to be sure that issues like due process are followed," said Judge Phil Journey, a judge in the Sedgwick County District Court judge. According to one Sedgwick County commissioner, Sedgwick County has about 170 people being held on murder [...]

‘Don’t Meth with Us’ comes to Winfield

info2022-02-21T01:49:09-06:00February 21st, 2022|

The Winfield Noon Kiwanis Club has a mission to help the children of the world, one child at a time. This mission has been demonstrated through the presentation of the “Don’t Meth with Us” program in two of the four Winfield Elementary Schools. Methamphetamines have been determined to be in the top five most addictive of drugs, along with cocaine, heroin, alcohol and nicotine. “Don’t Meth with Us” is designed to educate children and families about the consequences of meth, arming them with the tools necessary to combat illicit drug use and addiction. To accomplish this, we go into the schools [...]

Newton’s birthday party planned for 2-22-22

info2022-02-18T08:27:56-06:00February 18th, 2022|

There was a dark side and a lighter side to Newton when the town came into existence about 150 years ago. On the seedier side was Hyde Park, a place with pop-up saloons where gunslingers and cowboys bellied up to bars and poker tables. There were ladies of the evening and one particular Sunday became famous for a gunfight, giving the town the moniker, “Bloody Newton.” There also were folks on the other side of the moral coin, who started churches and made sure their children attended school. Families did things together and people ran other kinds of businesses, like grocery [...]

Bike Across Kansas returns to Hutchinson for overnight stay after two-decade-plus absence

info2022-02-18T08:21:44-06:00February 18th, 2022|

It has been 23 years since riders in the annual Biking Across Kansas had a scheduled stop in Hutchinson. ... There will be some differences in this year’s BAK. During that 25th annual ride in June 1999, riders chose from three routes, so there were only 300 or so who stopped in Hutchinson overnight and stayed at the high school gym, recalled Bob Updegraff, owner of Harleys Bicycles on North Main Street. Source: Hutch News

Municipal Bond Trends for February 17, 2022

info2022-02-18T08:18:13-06:00February 18th, 2022|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

Mester backs faster Fed rate-hike pace if needed to tame prices

info2022-02-18T08:17:40-06:00February 18th, 2022|

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said she supports raising interest rates next month and tightening policy at a faster pace if needed to curb inflation. “I believe it will be appropriate to move the funds rate up in March and follow with further increases in the coming months,” Mester said Thursday in prepared remarks for a virtual event hosted by the New York University Stern Center for Global Economy and Business. “If by mid-year, I assess that inflation is not going to moderate as expected, then I would support removing accommodation at a faster pace over the second [...]