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Several weeks ago, Girard Police Chief Jesse Snider approached the Girard City Council, notifying council members of a potential project in which the police department donates bicycles in their custody, so new homes can be found for them. “Under our code 10-203, and many cities have this, if we have property that the police department takes custody of, however they take custody, at some point we can dispose of it after 90 days,” said city attorney Steve Angermayer at the meeting on Aug. 11. “… Code says if they are less than 100 bucks, they can be disposed of in a [...]

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.

Both City Commissioner Alaina Cunnigham and Mayor Sandy Jacobs used a portion of their Commissioner Comment time on August 14th to ask the public to watch out for kids on scooters as school begins. And on August 18, 2025, an Ellis resident asked the Ellis City Council to address the same problem, kids on scooters darting out between cars, before someone gets hurt. Read more: Hays Daily News

The Kansas attorney general’s office issued a $250 fine to the Haysville City Council for violating the Kansas Open Records Act, officials said Wednesday. City employees declined without explanation to release copies of photographs requested under the state government transparency law. The photographs should have been released under KORA. The photographs were subsequently presented in court during a jury trial and led to the examination of whether the city committed a KORA violation. Read more: Homepage

Many streets north of Waterman downtown soon will have paid parking meters installed. The city will begin to place meters after Labor Day on many of the north-south streets downtown, as well as the remainder of Douglas Avenue and other east-west streets. “Installation is expected to take several weeks,” a city news release said. This phase of parking will include some 15-minute parking spots that are free for visitors. Some of those spots will be on South Topeka near the Kansas Leadership Center and the Hilton Garden Inn Wichita Downtown. Read more: Homepage

In part of east Wichita, a gun crime was 9.4 times more likely to happen at or within 300 feet of a gas station. It was 5.2 times more likely within 300 feet of a bar and 3.6 times more likely within 300 feet of a phone store. That’s what Wichita police learned from one of the department’s latest strategies to curb gun violence, the risk terrain modeling program. Risk terrain modeling software, from a company called Simsi, looks at the underlying factors of an area that might lead people to go there to commit crime. Wichita police are focusing on [...]

The dream of turning the old tennis courts at Wilson Park in Arkansas City into pickleball courts scored a big victory last week with the city announcing it had been awarded a $115,840 grant from the National Park Service. Read more: www.ctnewsonline.com - RSS Results

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.

There’s a certain comfort that communities take in being able to pick up the phone, dial 911 and get help on possibly the worst day of their lives. Elijah Robinson of Newton is one of those people at the other end of the call who rush to help, and he’s doing that as an EMT with Hesston Fire/EMS. Read more: Harvey County Now

Girard Events, gearing up for its annual Fall Festival celebration, visited the Girard City Council Monday evening to discuss common consumption at its annual event. Scheduled to take place Friday, Oct. 17 through Saturday, Oct. 18, the annual Girard Homecoming and Fall Festival is a longstanding tradition, offering a parade, live music, kids’ games, and much more. During Monday’s meeting, Girard Events/Chamber Board member Kylie Smith and Girard Chamber Director Greg Scott visited city hall to seek approval from councilmembers. The council and Smith first talked about the city’s common consumption ordinance. Read more: - Latest Stories