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Busy weekend ends Ark City’s 150th celebration
Arkansas City’s five-day, 150th anniversary celebration concluded Sunday with a weekend full of events. A free concert, featuring both Bad Mechanix and BackRhodes, was presented Friday evening in the Wilson Park Rotunda. The concert was sponsored by Burford Theatre Arts,…
Bull riders, ropers and barrel racers from across the country bullseye for the Pretty Prairie Rodeo this week
The PRCA Pretty Prairie Rodeo is ready to roll. According to the group's organizers, this year will bring top cowboys and cowgirls to Pretty Prairie to compete for prize money. Last year's rodeo paid off more than $80,000 in prize…
Access ridership in Hays down by half during pandemic
Access public transportation in Hays has seen its ridership cut in half since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The service usually provides 65,000 to 70,000 rides per year in Ellis County. It typically serves about 1,000 clients…
Junction City bed tax idea goes to the County Commission
Junction City Mayor Jeff Underhill and City Manager Allen Dinkel Monday to outline an idea that would establish a City transient guest tax and leave the County with a bed tax only for Grandview Plaza and Milford. Under this plan…
Sedgwick County Zoo’s new superstar, a 400-pound goofball rhino baby, is drawing crowds
The Sedgwick County Zoo has a new superstar — a 400-pound potato who likes to roll in the mud, pretend to charge at visitors, and run around like a clumsy puppy who isn’t quite used to his feet. He’s such…
Sedgwick County EMS Director Dr. John Gallagher placed on paid administrative leave
Sedgwick County EMS Director Dr. John Gallagher was placed on paid administrative leave Monday following a Wichita Eagle investigation into slow response times and a staffing shortage in the department, as employees complain about his leadership style. County Manager Tom…
Kansas utilities and municipalities have plans to recoup record energy bills
For officials in Eskridge, the eye-popping prices from February's Winter Storm Uri never cease to amaze, even though it almost six months since the bitter cold spell ripped through the Great Plains. It is one of 50-plus cities with municipal…
Edgerton seeks residential developers
Elevate Edgerton! gave a presentation on Edgerton’s housing situation at the July 8 council meeting. James Oltman, president, said they had decided to work with RDG Planning and Housing Design for the city’s housing needs. Less than one percent of…
Some counties revisit mask mandates
COVID-19 numbers in Sedgwick County are slowly increasing. According to the health department, we’re sitting at a 12% positivity rate. Other counties and cities across the U.S., such as Kansas City, are revisiting the idea of mask mandates. Right now…
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