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Insurance pool will save USD 428 more than $36,000

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Great Bend USD 428 will save more than $36,000 next year by purchasing its property and casualty insurance from the Kansas Educational Risk Management Pool (KERMP), Superintendent Khris Thexton said. The school board held a special meeting Tuesday morning to approve the policy and make budget transfers and expenditures to wrap up Fiscal Year 2020-2021, when ends today. Only Kansas Association of School Boards members may join KERMP, which was started several years ago by 15 schools. The member-owned consortium is comprised of public K-12 school districts in Kansas, and last week Barton Community College became the first Kansas community college [...]

Wichita mulls using COVID money to restore grocery access where Save A Lot ducked out

info2021-06-30T08:09:28-05:00June 29th, 2021|

The city of Wichita has begun exploring the potential in using COVID-19 relief money to bring fresh food to northeast and south Wichita neighborhoods suffering from the closures of their Save A Lot grocery stores, the mayor said Tuesday. That may or may not include bringing in another grocery store operator to replace the three Save A Lots that have closed or are closing, said Mayor Brandon Whipple. “Can we use this really bad situation as a way to improve the overall problem of access to food in the short term and also in the long term?” he said. “We’re looking [...]

Little Free Libraries set up around Salina

info2021-06-29T08:03:28-05:00June 29th, 2021|

Little Free Library boxes have been set up at three locations across Salina after the Salina Education Foundation approved a grant to fund nine earlier this year. The Outside the Box grant to create the free libraries offers children the opportunity to pick up books from their local schools during times when the schools are closed, such as the summer or holidays. It also saves children and their parents from having to make the trip to the Salina Public Library. Source: Salina Journal.

Municipal Bond Trends for June 28, 2021

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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.

WPD looking to crack down on violent crime with Operation Triple Beam

info2021-06-29T07:47:55-05:00June 29th, 2021|

After multiple shootings in the last week, Wichita police Chief Gordon Ramsay is hoping a new initiative will help crack down on violent crime. WPD is partnering with the US Marshals Service for Operation Triple Beam. The two-month-long program will focus on bringing in people with warrants for violent crimes, like aggravated assault, homicide or drugs. Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said that the operation allows officers to work overtime in order to focus on outstanding warrants for felony drug and weapon offenses. U.S. Marshalls will assist, using their crews in cities and states surrounding Kansas. The end result will be a [...]

Storm cleanup continues in Newton as NWS forecasts more rain in Kansas

info2021-06-29T07:47:10-05:00June 29th, 2021|

Rain chances and the potential for flooding will persist this week as cleanups continue from Friday’s storms. The National Weather Service in Wichita reported “an extremely moist airmass” on Friday erupted with storms along a stationary front. The storms were efficient rainfall producers, leading to 3-4 inches of rain per hour in some areas. Friday’s storms “produced pockets of severe downburst winds with the town of Newton taking the brunt of the wind damage,” NWS Wichita reported. Marion County had the worst flooding, “with numerous evacuations and water rescues,” though southeast Kansas also had serious flooding along the Neosho River. Source: [...]

Newton got hit hard by weekend storm that damaged schools, dropped trees

info2021-06-29T07:46:33-05:00June 29th, 2021|

The Newton school district and city public works continued digging out Monday from a weekend storm that a government meteorologist described as a giant water balloon pelting the city. The storm, blowing 60-70 mph winds Friday night, littered streets with tree limbs and peeled the roof off the school district’s maintenance and storage building, causing equipment and supplies to be inundated and ruined. The storm also peeled brick facing off a school gym. Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Wichita police finding ways to track catalytic converter thefts

info2021-06-29T07:45:21-05:00June 29th, 2021|

Catalytic converter thefts are at an all time high. Wichita police say just this month over 100 parts have been reported stolen. People can bring in anywhere from $200 to $1,000 per part. The department is looking for ways to put a stop to this multimillion dollar problem. “We’re on par in June for a record number of catalytic converter thefts for this particular month,” says Lieutenant Casey Slaughter with the Wichita Police Department. Police say in 2020 there were 541 total catalytic converter thefts, already in 2021, nearly 600 cases have been reported. Source: KAKE - News

Rejiggered plans for $695M sports-anchored WyCo development slide into home plate

info2021-06-29T07:44:29-05:00June 29th, 2021|

Homefield LLC has rounded the bases with revised plans for segments of its gargantuan $694.5 million sports-anchored redevelopment of Wyandotte County's former Schlitterbahn water park. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday approved revisions for three of six project areas in the longtime Village East STAR bond district that will support the Homefield project near 94th Street and State Avenue. Source: Kansas City Business News

Bridging the access gap

info2021-06-28T07:53:38-05:00June 28th, 2021|

A new resource center at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library aims to bridge a gap that exists when it comes to accessing popular business and legal information. Meredith Snepp, the library’s business and career librarian, knows not everyone in the community is able to easily look up information online about housing programs, job resources, how to access legal forms and more. “Computer access is so important for anybody who wants to do anything these days,” Snepp said. “(It’s) hard for those people who don’t have those skills, who don’t have that computer access or that time. It impacts the [...]