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When Lyons officer was shot, this couple rushed in to help
Wyatt Johnson and his girlfriend were driving around Lyons on Friday while she reminisced about her hometown. They were wasting time before a wedding rehearsal. In southeast Lyons, near the home of one of her childhood friends, the couple saw…
Did workers’ compensation changes go too far? Kansas Supreme Court to decide
Soon after Howard Johnson suffered a spinal cord injury in October 2015 while working as a delivery driver for U.S. Food Service, he suffered a financial one: His workers’ compensation award was nearly $47,000 less than what he would have…
Voters to decide on individual drink sales
Voters can decide whether to allow liquor by the drink to be sold without requiring establishments to sell food at the Nov. 4 election. Prohibition was approved in Kansas in 1917 and lasted until 1948. In fact, three Kansas counties…
Kansas counties make their own rules on poll worker masks
Kansas counties are making their own rules about whether to require poll workers to wear masks as the public votes. Secretary of State Scott Schwab has not issued a mandate requiring masks for poll workers statewide, even though the state…
City of Manhattan adds outdoor patios to restaurants for social distanced dining
To help local restaurants, the city of Manhattan installed 7 outdoor patio areas to the downtown. It costs the city around $300 thousand for the spaced but they hope to get the money back from the CARES act. The patios…
Hopes of ‘a bubble’ gone, COVID-19 expands its footprint in unprepared rural Kansas
Until two weeks ago, Meade District Hospital had never admitted a COVID-19 patient. Then, it admitted three in one weekend. For the southwest Kansas town of roughly 1,700, three hospitalizations is the equivalent of several thousand in metropolitan Kansas City,…
COVID-19 dims recession-inspired draw of Kansas community colleges as retraining crucibles
Neosho Community College president Brian Inbody relied on precedent to make assumptions about how the pandemic of COVID-19 could influence enrollment at the southeastern Kansas college during a period of massive unemployment and business realignment. In wake of the brutal…
Municipal Bond Trends for October 16, 2020
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.
Amazon confirms massive warehouse for Park City
Amazon, the online retail giant, now confirms what The Wichita Eagle reported this summer: It is building a one-million-square-foot fulfillment center at 7130 N. Broadway in Park City. The company confirmed that and a similar center at 9700 Leavenworth Road…
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