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Historic Preservation Commission casualty of budget says City Manager

info2019-10-24T21:50:37-05:00October 24th, 2019|

Under a draft agreement between the city and the state, the Newton Historical Preservation Commission will likely dissolve in an official capacity. With its previous agreement expiring and the city moving to not fund a position responsible for overseeing local historic preservation, as well as city planning, the city and state had to draft a new agreement regarding historic preservation. The Newton City Commission reviewed that agreement draft at its meeting Tuesday night. The agreement delegates local administrative review of projects done on historical buildings or buildings in the city’s historical district to the Newton City Manager, who then can delegate [...]

Lenexa to keep Ad Astra Pool open next year while city staff collect public input on next steps for site

info2019-10-24T20:02:24-05:00October 24th, 2019|

Lenexa city leaders have agreed to keep Ad Astra Pool open for one more year while they decide what to do with the site in the future. The pool at 83rd Street and Maurer Road was scheduled to permanently close at the end of this past summer. However, after residents raised objections — and some organized a coalition in opposition to the closure — city staff and leaders embarked on a public engagement process to determine next steps. The Lenexa city council on Oct. 15 voted to reallocate funds from the city’s capital improvement plan for 2020 (originally budgeted at $3.9 [...]

Wichita Water Treatment Plant proposal to be final, public soon

info2019-10-24T20:00:49-05:00October 24th, 2019|

Wichita officials consider ways to grow the areas workforce at the proposed water treatment plant Thursday afternoon. Currently the city is working alongside eleven companies on the project and the leader of the “Wichita Water Partners” group believes that number will continue to grow. Final proposal with the expected price for the project will be presented to the city on Monday. (Read more: KSN-TV)

3.4 magnitude earthquake near Hutchinson is Reno County’s third quake of the day

info2019-10-24T19:58:40-05:00October 24th, 2019|

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake centered near Hutchinson was the third quake of the day to shake the ground in Reno County, geologists say. The 3.4 magnitude quake struck at around 4:39 p.m. Wednesday just southwest of Hutchinson, according to Kansas Geological Survey reports. Two earthquakes struck the same area overnight. The first was a 2.0 magnitude at around 1:14 a.m., and the second was a 2.4 magnitude at around 2:04 a.m. (Read more: Local News |)

Renewable energy prospects to blow through county

info2019-10-23T20:05:32-05:00October 23rd, 2019|

An energy expert came to town Tuesday, to introduce herself to county leaders in hopes to get their blessings concerning the possibility of a new energy line passing through. Brittany Bruce, associate project manager, representing NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, a Juno Beach, Florida-based company, presented packets and some maps before she advised commissioners about the Soldier Creek Project that entails a proposed energizing route from a wind farm in Nemaha County through Jackson and Jefferson counties, via a western portion of Atchison County through Kapioma, Benton and Center townships, linking it through to Leavenworth County along the way to its destination [...]

New Indian Creek Library welcomes public with bright spaces, kid-pleasing features

info2019-10-23T20:04:18-05:00October 23rd, 2019|

Hundreds of people turned out on a drizzly morning Oct. 19 for the long-awaited opening of the new Indian Creek Library at 16100 W. 135th St. The $19 million library, designed by Gould Evans, is packed with some of the latest technology and features. It’s been 3 1/2 years since the Indian Creek Library building at 127th Street and Black Bob Road flooded. In the interim, the library inhabited a small strip mall space at 13511 S. Mur-Len Road. The 47,000-square-foot building, the former site of a Hy-Vee, is about half a mile northeast of that temporary space. “We are just [...]

As recycling costs climb, officials weigh options

info2019-10-23T20:03:13-05:00October 23rd, 2019|

One Butler County community has already stopped its recycling program. Another is weighing its options. Less than two months after El Dorado end- ed its recycling program citing rising market costs, Augusta officials are deep in discus- sion about what to do with their current automated curbside program. The Augusta city council hosted a work session Monday to deliberate the issue. Augusta launched single-stream recycling in 2015, making it so citizens did not have to sort recycling, according to Monday’s meet- ing packet. The city contracted with Waste Connections in Wichita to accept and process its recycling. That contract is set [...]

FSCC looks to save money with refinancing certificates

info2019-10-23T20:00:54-05:00October 23rd, 2019|

Fort Scott Community College officials are looking to save money through refinancing of debt service. The FSCC Board of Trustees and college administrators on Monday discussed the benefits of refinancing certificates of participation used to fund the building of the Boileau dorm on the college campus. (Read more: Fort Scott Tribune)

Geary County Fish & Game Association will explore interest in forming a school trap shooting team in Junction City

info2019-10-23T19:57:34-05:00October 23rd, 2019|

The Geary County Fish & Game Association has scheduled a meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 to explore the level of interest in forming a school trap shooting team in Junction City. The meeting will be held at Sportsman’s Acres, the Geary County Fish & Game range facility on K-244 Spur near Milford Lake. According to Association Board Member Larry George the initial meeting is informal and will simply start the discussion to see if there is sufficient support for the effort to move forward in approaching the local schools about the possibility. The Fish & Game Association has [...]

County honors two Deputies for their life saving efforts

info2019-10-23T19:54:00-05:00October 23rd, 2019|

Geary County officials have honored two Deputies, James Garcia and Cayla Da Giau, for their life saving efforts at Milford Lake in the early morning hours of June 8th. The Sheriff’s Department said the Deputies were dispatched to Auld Road and Brinkley Road for a man and woman who had driven their car into the water. The man and woman were standing on top of their vehicle as it was sinking into flood waters. Garcia stated the two subjects were hanging onto some trees when the officers arrived on the scene. “We advised them to stand by, we had a boat [...]