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Johnson County declares state of emergency, places restrictions on gatherings of 250+ people

info2020-03-16T08:24:37-05:00March 15th, 2020|

Johnson County Chair Ed Eilert on Friday declared a state of emergency as a result of to the coronavirus pandemic, a move that allows the country government to access resources to aid personnel responding to the illness. Additionally, the declaration gives Eilert the authority to establish rules designed to limit the potential spread of the disease. Among those are a declaration prohibiting public gatherings of more than 250 people. Exceptions to the prohibition include: Governmental and judicial functions Healthcare facilities Private business operations Religious and faith-based activities Weddings and funerals. (Read more: Prairie Village Post)

Wellington City Manager addresses closing of the local hospital

info2020-03-16T08:25:28-05:00March 15th, 2020|

The closing of Sumner Community Hospital is unfortunate for our community and a sad day that the City had hoped would never come. A local hospital is an important and vital facility in any community. The financial difficulties of our local hospital have been ongoing for a number of years. It was the hope that Rural Hospital Group (RHG) would be able to overcome the difficulties and be successful in the longer-term plans to construct a new and financially sustainable hospital.... The City has dedicated and well-trained Paramedics and EMTs on staff to serve the community and patient care will continue [...]

Winfield, Ark City working to keep more limited recycling program

info2020-03-16T08:25:53-05:00March 15th, 2020|

Arkansas City commissioners met with Winfield City Manager Taggart Wall during a study session Friday to discuss possible options for the recycling program. Both communities share the cost of the program, but expenses have been increasing each year due to the lack of a market for recycled material. Currently the unsorted and often contaminated items are being hauled to Waste Connection in Wichita, where 60 percent of those materials end up in the landfill. Wall said the employees at that center do not separate the clean recyclables from the contaminated materials, and will just send them to the landfill. (Read more: [...]

Leawood closes City Hall after learning of possible coronavirus exposure

info2020-03-16T08:34:49-05:00March 15th, 2020|

Leawood closed its City Hall on Friday after officials learned of a possible coronavirus exposure. Capt. Brad Robbins, a spokesman for the Leawood Police Department, said someone who was potentially exposed to the virus had been at City Hall, at 4800 Town Center Drive. The building in Johnson County is now closed to all nonessential personnel, he said, out of an “overabundance of caution.” “Police and fire stations are still active and responding,” he said. “But City Hall is the building the most people would go to for services. They decided to close City Hall until we can get a better [...]

Sedgwick County Zoo is closed until further notice due to COVID-19

info2020-03-16T08:32:21-05:00March 15th, 2020|

The Sedgwick County Zoo has announced that it will be closed to the public until further notice. The zoo said the temporary closure is a precautionary measure to limit the spread of coronavirus. The zoo is closed as of 5 p.m. Friday. "Our primary obligation is to provide for the care of our animals," the zoo said in a news release. "Our core staff will continue to provide care for our animals and operate the critical systems of the Zoo." (Read more: KAKE - News)

City of Merriam Prepares to Help Limit the Spread of COVID-19

info2020-03-16T08:33:57-05:00March 15th, 2020|

In a continued effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, the City of Merriam will close the Irene B. French Community Center at 5 p.m. today, March 13 with the plan to reopen Monday, April 6, 2020. All City events, meetings, and activities are also postponed or canceled during this timeframe. We’re canceling events because of social distancing recommendations from health experts surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. (Read more: Merriam, KS news)

Independence City Hall to Close to Public Due to Coronavirus-19 Effective March 16, 2020

info2020-03-16T08:31:17-05:00March 15th, 2020|

Due to concerns over the spread of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), City Hall will be closed to non-City employees until further notice. Staff will be working and available by phone and email. Events that pose a risk at City facilities will be canceled. (Read more: Independence, KS - News Flash)

Construction begins this week on one of the worst bottlenecks in Kansas City region

info2020-03-16T08:37:12-05:00March 14th, 2020|

For commuters who are used to sitting in traffic on Interstate 35 in Johnson County: Relief is on the way. But as construction starts this week on one of the worst bottlenecks in the Kansas City region, congestion will likely get worse before it gets better. On Friday, crews will begin a long-awaited, $16.5 million project to expand I-35 at 75th Street in Overland Park and Shawnee. For now, that stretch of highway narrows from five to three lanes, causing regular traffic jams for the roughly 160,000 vehicles passing through each day. (Read more: Joco 913 News)

Stocks set to surge Friday morning following worst day since the ’87 crash

info2020-03-13T08:02:49-05:00March 13th, 2020|

U.S. stocks plunged Thursday in their worst day since the 1987 crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 10%, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumbled nearly as much to join the Dow in a bear market. The furious falls in share prices on rising fears of a global slowdown due to the rapid spread of coronavirus occurred despite a $1.5 trillion intervention in short-term funding markets by the Federal Reserve. ... U.S. stock futures surged in volatile trading on Friday as Wall Street tried to recoup some of the sharp losses suffered in the previous session — the worst since [...]

‘Unprecedented’ conditions stagger municipal market

info2020-03-13T07:59:34-05:00March 13th, 2020|

Municipal bond market participants are calling the COVID-19-led sell-off worse for the market than the aftermath of September 11th and the 2008 financial crisis in 2008 combined. The sell-off continued in the municipal market Thursday, with AAA benchmarks down by more than a half percentage point. The primary market was held at a standstill. Lipper reported more than $1.76 billion of outflows Thursday. What is transpiring has career-long veterans of the space saying the muni market has been put in a position they’ve never seen before. Participants don’t have room to breathe in this rapidly changing landscape and investment grade munis [...]