Beginning Tuesday, masks will no longer be required by law anywhere in Parsons. City commissioners during a regular Monday evening meeting decided not to extend a city ordinance that requires people to wear face coverings in buildings accessible to the public. The ordinance, which was approved in July, also required businesses and organizations to post a notice at their entrances that masks must be worn inside. Employers had to make their workers wear masks when they were in areas accessible to the public or when they couldn’t socially distance from each other. The ordinance was only lightly enforced. Source: Parsons Sun

Labette County may get as much as $3.8 million from the American Rescue Plan Act passed early in President Biden’s administration, but the county will have limits on how that money can be spent. Though the money is for infrastructure, no bridges can be built. Road improvements are a question mark. Expanding broadband would be an acceptable use, Labette County Counselor Brian Johnson said Monday while updating county commissioners on the COVID-19 relief funding. Commissioners agreed recently to seek a study of broadband coverage in the county. Cities and schools will get their own ARPA funding, Johnson said. Source: Parsons Sun