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Fredonia hosts its first-ever Independence Celebration

info2023-07-10T12:48:25-05:00July 9th, 2023|

Local residents [hosted] the first-ever Independence Celebration in Fredonia, Kansas. Organizers Shallon and Tyler Decker say their event aims to raise money for non-profit organizations and local first responders. The theme is "Honoring Our Hometown Heroes," and the main event is a BBQ cook-off between the Fredonia Police Department, Fredonia EMS, and Wilson County Sheriff's Department. Meal tickets will be sold, and the proceeds will be divided equally among the departments. The celebration will also include free bingo, kid activities, a cornhole tournament, and a firework display. Source: KOAM News

Municipal Bond Trends for July 7, 2023

Henry Schmidt2023-07-09T17:57:55-05:00July 9th, 2023|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. 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.

Its all about children and teens in Lenexa. Heres what to know about picnic market

info2023-07-07T14:33:49-05:00July 7th, 2023|

Lenexa Public Market and City Hall will focus on the younger crowd with the return of two popular events this month: the Kid Makers Market and the Teddy Bear Picnic. Both events will be held on Saturday. The Kid Makers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lenexa City Hall, 17101 W. 87th St. Parkway. It is expected to feature more than 40 vendors selling artwork, baked goods and food, bath and body products, crochet, jewelry and accessories. “At its heart, the Lenexa Public Market is focused on creating a space where the community can gather, spend [...]

Derby Police Chief brings decorated career to a close

info2023-07-07T12:20:49-05:00July 7th, 2023|

During his college days, even working as a fence salesman, Derby Police Chief Robert Lee wasn’t on the fence about a career as a police officer – he wasn’t even anywhere near it. Lee admitted he wasn’t considering that type of work in any capacity until a chance sales call changed his trajectory. While Lee was selling a fence to former Wichita Police Department Lt. Charlie Franklin, he got the recruiting spiel. Then, a few months later Franklin reached about by phone to hook Lee even more and he was sold. “The more I learned about, the more I thought about [...]

Finney County discusses redistricting for precincts districts

info2023-07-07T14:12:20-05:00July 7th, 2023|

Finney County Commissioners discussed redistricting at its regular meeting Monday. Dori Munyan, Finney County clerk and election officer, said the Finney County Election office is going to initiate a redistricting project to “consolidate and clean up our voting districts or precincts.” The redistricting will be based on the 2020 Census data to hopefully reduce the number of precincts in the county, of which there are 71. Munyan said when she took office in 2018 Finney County had 28 precincts, but after some administrative clean up in 2018 they ended up with 41 precincts, but after the legislative redistricting it increased to [...]

State officials explain possible ramifications of USD 112 vote to dissolve

info2023-07-07T14:12:57-05:00July 7th, 2023|

Two representatives from the Kansas State Department of Education met with patrons of USD 112 Central Plains on June 27 to answer questions about the upcoming Aug. 1 vote. The vote will give patrons of the district the option to disorganize with a “yes” vote or remain the same with a “no” vote. “I’m not here to convince you how to vote,” said Scott Gordon, general counsel for KSDE. “I want you to know what will happen afterward. “You may have heard rumors or information from people who say they’re on the inside. They don’t know what they’re talking about. Nobody [...]

Larned council tackles water issues

info2023-07-07T12:02:58-05:00July 7th, 2023|

Water issues dominated agenda discussion at the Larned City Council’s meeting Monday. In the first item of new business, the council approved the establishment of a Water Rights Task Force followed up with the purchase of a new rotary fan press filtration unit for the city’s wastewater plant. City Manager Brad Eilts told the council that the statutory window was closing on the city’s ability to secure water rights for the community based on peak usage. For the past four decades, the city has operated under an unsecured water right to consume 601.2 million gallons annually. By state statute, a community [...]

Wichita hopes to get homeless veteran population to functional zero by 2024

info2023-07-07T14:13:52-05:00July 7th, 2023|

The City of Wichita is partnering with United Way of the Plains, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Sedgwick County to effectively end veteran homelessness in Wichita by the end of next year. "Homelessness is a complex social issue," says United Way of the Plains president Pete Najera. "And it will take a collective community response to bring it to functional zero." The City of Wichita's Housing and Community Services department will play a crucial role in achieving the goal. Director Sally Stang said that the department plans to work with landlords on finding a way to provide the roughly [...]

WPD looking at changes to code after being called out to City Nightz multiple times in last year

info2023-07-07T14:14:19-05:00July 7th, 2023|

Since June of 2022, the Wichita Police Department says it has responded to 13 different incidents at City Nightz including the shooting there over the weekend that injured 11 people. Of those 13 incidents, six were either simple battery, aggravated battery or aggravated assault. Wichita Police Chief Joseph Sullivan told KAKE on Monday he is working with the city’s law department to see what sort of new ordinances could be put into place for the department to better deal with businesses who are repeat offenders. “Give me more bite, if you will, so that I can take stronger action and more [...]

Chalk the Town colors Hutchinson with positivity

info2023-07-07T11:32:52-05:00July 7th, 2023|

The City of Hutchison, Downtown Hutchison and Kara Vaughn hosted their second day of the 2023 Chalk the Town Event at Carey Park Sunday. The event was inspired by Vaughn’s viral TikTok video. The video gained over 30 million views when Vaughn’s landlord told her to remove her chalk art. In response, Downtown Hutchinson and the City of Hutchinson teamed up with Vaughn to host the two-day event. Participants were able to take part in demonstrations and prize drawings, as well as a scavenger hunt to find chalk creations around the park. Despite her situation, Vaughn says she is excited to [...]