info2019-06-10T10:13:36-05:00June 10th, 2019|
The Delaware Watershed Joint District No. 10 was chartered by the State in 1957 after much work by the local people. However, it wasn’t until 1977 that funds became available in the state of Kansas to assist in construction costs of watershed dams. From then until recent times the Delaware Watershed built watershed reservoirs to protect the land downstream from flooding and the drainage area from erosion. (Read more: Sabetha Herald)
info2019-06-10T10:10:08-05:00June 10th, 2019|
The city of Lenexa has an excess amount of federal funding to make community development improvements — and less than two months to spend it. So city staff has proposed reallocating some of those funds previously earmarked for renovations to the community and senior centers and instead use it to make infrastructure improvements in Old Town. In total, the city has about $232,000 of federal Community Development Block Grant funds to spend by Aug. 2. If it doesn’t, the city must explain to the housing and urban development department why it hasn’t spent the money, and then work to spend the funds by [...]
info2019-06-10T10:06:28-05:00June 10th, 2019|
Sumner Newscow report — Wellington City Manager Shane Shields wrote in the June 7 City of Wellington newsletter, the initial estimate of flood damage and repair to city-owned property, turned into the Sumner County Emergency Management was $140,108.07. “This is only an estimate and there will be additional expense to add after all the repairs are done,” Shields wrote. According to data collected by the K-State Water Data Library, Wellington received 23.03 inches of rain according to the gauge at the Wellington C0-0p and 21.8 on three miles west of Wellington – both are records. (Read more: Sumner NewsCow)
info2019-06-10T10:05:17-05:00June 10th, 2019|
Leaders from across the state’s early childhood system will be in Arkansas City collecting feedback as part of a series of Community Engagement Sessions being held across Kansas. Sessions are being held now through the end of July. The Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund, the Kansas Department for Children and Families, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas State Department of Education, and early childhood partners are seeking information from Kansans to develop a statewide strategic plan for early childhood. (Read more: The Arkansas City Traveler)
info2019-06-10T10:03:09-05:00June 10th, 2019|
ERIE – Opponents and supporters of the proposed Neosho Ridge Wind project made their pitches Thursday evening before commissioners, who later approved agreements on the plan. Most of the people who addressed the commission during the public comment portion spoke against the project; two were in favor and one urged the commission to put it to a vote. “The only good thing they can say about this is money,” Kim Norris said. She also said people critical of the plan have not been treated fairly. “We've been painted as these radicals,” she said. “It's all on us.” (Read more: The Chanute [...]
info2019-06-10T11:16:26-05:00June 10th, 2019|
Andrew Hardy was crossing the street on an electric scooter in downtown Los Angeles when a car struck him at 50 miles per hour and flung him 15 feet in the air before he smacked his head on the pavement and fell unconscious. The 26-year-old snapped two bones in each leg, broke a thighbone, shattered a kneecap, punctured a lung and fractured three vertebrae in his neck, in addition to sustaining a head injury. “My brother thought I was dead,” said Hardy, who wasn’t wearing a helmet. Doctors told Hardy he’d likely be paralyzed for life. Five months later, he has [...]
info2019-06-07T07:47:04-05:00June 7th, 2019|
A new robot is on duty at the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office and is ready to provide a safe alternative in dangerous situations. The new Transcend Tactical robot can go in areas unsafe to send people because of dangerous surroundings or dangerous people. Water and food can be strapped onto the unit and delivered to someone that might be trapped in a collapsed building, said Pratt County Sheriff Jimmy White. (Read more: News - The Garden City Telegram)
info2019-06-07T07:46:24-05:00June 7th, 2019|
The City of McPherson can lay claim to a long and colorful history ever since its founding in 1872, but how exactly was it founded? And why? Myths and misinformation about early McPherson history have taken on a life of their own over the years and have obscured the facts. On Monday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the McPherson Public Library, Steve Read and Jennie Hall will take you back in time for a front row seat to view the founding and raucous early days of the city in a program titled “The Founding of McPherson: What Really Happened.” (Read [...]
info2019-06-07T07:46:00-05:00June 7th, 2019|
Boot Hill Cemetery, in which its museum rests, started in 1872 as an unofficial burial ground for various drifters who died in Dodge City. Most of these people died suddenly, with "their boots on" giving the name "Boot Hill" to the cemetery. None of these people had the money required for a proper burial; many were know only by their given name and no official records were kept of the burials. (Read more: News - The Garden City Telegram)
info2019-06-07T07:44:47-05:00June 7th, 2019|
It has been 17 years since riders from the annual Biking Across Kansas tour stopped in Hays, taking in the sights and sounds of the city. Even then it was only a portion of the amount of riders. This time, the full group of over 800 biking enthusiasts will take up residence for a night in the city as the tour rolls into the area Monday. “Hays is welcoming Biking Across Kansas with the red carpet,” said Stefanie Weaver, BAK executive director. “We will just feel like we are being treated like kings and queens when we come to Hays,” she [...]
