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Old jail displayed at Edgerton Lake

info2020-05-11T08:22:56-05:00May 11th, 2020|

The structure on a bluff at the southern end of the city lake is the old Edgerton city jail cell, manufactured in 1902. It was actually used to house prisoners in the early 1900’s. The City of Edgerton purchased it from the Pauly Jail Company in June of 1902 for $92.15. The dimensions of the cell is 5 feet x 6.5 feet x 6.5 feet. It has two metal bunk beds on one side, and those can be lowered or raised. At the front of the cage, at the bottom of the cell door, is about an eight inch opening that [...]

A growing concern

info2020-05-11T08:23:30-05:00May 11th, 2020|

As temperatures warm, spring comes into bloom and grass begins to grow, it is up to Great Bend Property Maintenance Enforcement Manager Austin Laviolette to lay down the lawn law. “We all want a clean city,” he said. So, now, he just wants to get the word out to owners to keep their properties maintained before things get out of hand. Property Maintenance Enforcement recorded 1,315 total complaints in 2019, Laviolette said. Of those, 381 were reported by citizens with the rest initiated by his staff. “That was up from the previous year, but part of that was that we were [...]

Fox sightings becoming more common in Halstead

info2020-05-11T08:23:42-05:00May 11th, 2020|

It’s been seen all over town—around the levee; at Chestnut and Fourteenth Streets; by the pond near Cedar Brook; in front of Halstead Place; near the fire station, the hospital, and Scout Park; and numerous yards. And now it’s killing. “Last night I walked out the back door and was greeted with the goose freaking out, flapping his wings and kind of gong crazy in circles,” Halstead resident Kayla Straub said, recalling a frightening incident that happened last week. “I could see there was a duck, a duck, a chicken, and a chicken. One duck was still moving. My instinct was, [...]

Derby employee’s new book a colorful idea

info2020-05-11T08:24:30-05:00May 11th, 2020|

Working for the city of Derby as a multimedia specialist/graphic designer, Justin Miller has gotten to know the community well and become immersed in the city. That exposure led Miller to an idea – an idea he pursued in his spare time during the current COVID-19 pandemic – that manifested itself in the form of a Derby Coloring Book, officially released May 3 on amazon.com. “Attending different events and everything, I thought with everyone stuck at home it would be fun to create something that maybe people could access easily – familiar places that they had been to – to color,” [...]

Residents along Fort Scott street project to get rebate

info2020-05-11T08:25:02-05:00May 11th, 2020|

Residents in the 500 block of Andrick Street will receive a water and sewer rebate because a street project is taking longer than commissioners believe it should. According to Kevin Allen, the project has been ongoing for eight or nine months. The project involves replacing curbing and guttering to improve drainage and storm water runoff. The work was one of four projects included in a 2019 Road Improvement Program Public Works Director Chad Brown presented the commission in July 2019. (Read more: Fort Scott Tribune)

Olathe Fire using new device to track coronavirus patients’ vitals remotely

info2020-05-11T08:25:15-05:00May 11th, 2020|

The Olathe Fire Station is the first EMS departments in the country to begin remotely monitoring coronavirus patients. The department has teamed up with a global tech company, Masimo SafetyNet. “There have been some hospital systems using it, but we are the first EMS agency,” Olathe Fire Department Medical Director Dr. Jake Ruthstrom said. “It’s very humbling. We appreciate the partnership, and we are excited to use it.” (Read more: fox4kc.com | FOX 4 - WDAF)

Ellinwood drive-by parade raises spirits

info2020-05-11T08:27:30-05:00May 11th, 2020|

Residents at Azria Health Woodhaven and Ellinwood Country Living spent time outside Friday afternoon, enjoying a pleasant Spring afternoon as they watched and waved to family members participating in a drive-by parade led by Ellinwood Police Chief Chance Bailey and Ellinwood EMS staff. According to Amber Anderson at Azria Health Woodhaven, the staffs at Woodhaven and Country Place nursing homes organized the drive-by parade. “It is something that our sister facilities have been doing, and we thought it would be beneficial for our residents,” she said. (Read more: Great Bend Tribune)

City asks for your help deciding future of southeast Wichita park

info2020-05-11T08:27:39-05:00May 11th, 2020|

The City of Wichita says parks and green spaces have never been more important, and they want your help shaping the future of a southeast Wichita park. The L.W. Clapp golf course stopped operating as a golf course last summer, and it reopened as a public park space. The city plans to renovate the park, but the specific additions or changes to the park are not set in stone. That's where you come in. The city is asking residents to fill out an online survey to decide the park's direction. It asks participants to rate the importance of things like a community [...]

Hutchinson City Manager John Deardoff leaves on high note despite difficult times

info2020-05-11T08:28:17-05:00May 11th, 2020|

It was not the way he planned to go out. But Hutchinson City Manager John Deardoff’s response to the novel coronavirus sweeping in during the last weeks of a 40-year career was typical for the respected community city leader. He was set to retire March 27, but in February the Hutchinson City Council asked him to stay a little longer until his replacement was set to arrive. The county’s first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on March 21. As the virus spread around the region and state it led to local and state stay-at-home orders, resulting in city hall being closed [...]

Local firms may get grants

info2020-05-11T08:28:40-05:00May 11th, 2020|

The city of Parsons and Labette County will both file for grants that would be distributed to local businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The state of Kansas will receive approximately $9 million in Community Development Block Grant funding under the federal coronavirus relief bill. Counties, cities and other localities will likely receive applications sometime next week. The maximum grant that will be allocated to any single municipality under the program will be $200,000. Jim Zaleski, the economic development director for the city of Parsons, said he’ll work with the city and county to file applications requesting the maximum of $200,000. [...]