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Shawnee Fire Department puts new $1.2 million aerial ladder truck into service

info2019-09-03T19:43:31-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

The Shawnee Fire Department officially welcomed a new team member this past Sunday: a $1.2 million aerial ladder truck. The truck, a custom-built 2019 Pierce Velocity tractor-drawn aerial, will be known as Ladder 71. A tractor-drawn aerial which is often called a tiller in the fire service has an articulating center which allows it to bend, much like a tractor-trailer. Fire Chief John Mattox says the new tiller is 64 feet in overall length and carries an aerial ladder which fully extends to 107 feet. (Read more: Shawnee Mission Post – Community news and events for northeast Johnson County)

Wichita plans to join massive lawsuit against prescription pain-killer industry

info2019-09-03T18:28:37-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Wichita plans to join more than 2,000 other cities, counties and other units of government in a massive lawsuit against prescription pain pill manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. The companies targeted in the lawsuits are some of the largest in the pharmaceutical industry, including Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Allergan, Jannsen/Johnson & Johnson, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Insys Therapeutics and Amneal Pharmaceuticals. National pharmacy retailers CVS, Walgreens and Kroger have also been named in the lawsuit. The city would seek damages for the costs of law enforcement, first responders, courts, jails and other services strained by fighting prescription pain pill use allegedly caused by the [...]

City of Topeka schedules hold Clean Slate Day

info2019-09-03T18:27:38-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Individuals can make arrangements to pay off outstanding fines and fees owed to the city of Topeka on Clean Slate Day, which will take place later this month. City spokeswoman Molly Hadfield said Clean Slate Day will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Topeka Municipal Court, 214 S.E. 8th Ave. Hadfield described Clean Slate Day as “an opportunity for a fresh start for people with Topeka Municipal Court offenses,” allowing them “to begin payment plans for outstanding fines and fees, setting new court dates for outstanding warrants and getting old violations expunged, all without the [...]

Firefighters, first responders from across Kansas deploying for hurricane aid

info2019-09-03T18:19:19-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Dozens of firefighters and first responders from Kansas are deploying to the southeastern area of the United States to help with recovery after Hurricane Dorian. The Kansas State Fire Marshal's office said an Urban Search and Rescue team is heading to Florida to help. Kansas Task Force 1 is comprised of 42 first responders from across the state -- they left Monday for a 14-day deployment. (Read more: KMBC.com)

Vaping is causing breathing illnesses in Kansas students. Time to raise the legal age?

info2019-09-03T18:18:30-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Joe Camel died over 20 years ago, but the tobacco mascot’s child-enticing spirit has hauntingly returned in the form of vaping — the growing use of e-cigarettes. The stunning fact is, vaping is more prevalent among teens than tobacco use: While less than a quarter of Kansas and Missouri high school students use tobacco, about a third acknowledges having vaped, though estimates say it’s closer to half. Every parent needs to be alerted to this rising epidemic and to vaping’s seductiveness, addictiveness and cryptic dangers, which are showing up in the heartland in alarming ways. Eerie cases of unspecified vaping-related breathing disorders have recently been identified in at [...]

Slot machine vote in Sedgwick County?

info2019-09-03T21:12:53-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Electronic gaming, or slot machines, could be coming to Sedgwick County and bringing dog racing back as well. It all begins with a decision Sedgwick County Commissioners have to make, possibly as early as Wednesday. "I'm saying, let's have a vote," Pete Meitzner told KAKE News after a staff meeting Tuesday that ran long due to debate over whether to even include the issue on Wednesday's agenda. He says, while the idea was defeated by only a couple hundred votes in 2007, a new poll shows a change in attitude in the county. (Read more: KAKE - News)

Newton votes down school improvement bond

info2019-09-03T18:07:07-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

Newton voters have rejected two bond issues that would provide school improvements as well as add a new school building. The first issue failed with 3,359 Yes votes to 4,040 No votes. The proposal would have updated security and remodeling at Newton schools. The second issue failed with 2,388 Yes votes to 4,986 No votes. This proposal would have added a new K-6 school south of Highway 50. (Read more: KAKE - News)

United Way of Reno County annual campaign officially underway

info2019-09-03T18:03:28-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

The 2019 United Way of Reno County campaign has officially kicked off. This is an effort to raise $1,350,000 for 25 different nonprofit agencies in the county. Dr. Cory Jackson and his wife, Amanda, are the campaign chairs this year. Dr. Jackson talked about the decision to take on this role in an effort to raise the needed funds. “We started giving to United Way when we moved back, starting at 15 years now, and we just see the need every day in our daily lives,” Dr. Jackson, who practices family medicine in Hutchinson, said. “We’ve used United Way services through [...]

Where’s the oldest continually operating movie theater in the world? Ottawa, Kansas

info2019-09-03T17:54:39-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

The oldest continuously operating movie theater in the world might figure to be in New York or Hollywood. How about Kansas? The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Ottawa, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, is home to the Plaza 1907 Cinema, showing films since May 22, 1907, when black-and-white, silent movies ruled the day. What sets the theater in the town of 12,300 people apart is that over the past 112 years, it has never shut down and has remained at the same location. (Read more: fox4kc.com | FOX 4 - WDAF)

Mulvane chamber to host monthly business seminar

info2019-09-03T17:51:46-05:00September 3rd, 2019|

An upcoming business seminar hosted by the Mulvane Chamber of Commerce will feature a local entrepreneur. Called KanLaunch, the seminar serves as a forum for entrepreneurs and startup companies to share business ideas, receive feedback and network. The event is free and open to the public. It will begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 14 at city hall, 211 N. 2nd St. (Read more: DerbyInformer.com - news,news/)