Rose Hill taking design submissions for fall festival

15 Wednesday, June 15

Rose Hill taking design submissions for fall festival

info2022-06-15T00:01:00-05:00June 15th, 2022|

The city of Rose Hill recently opened up competition for its 2022 fall festival button design contest, open to all Rose Hill and USD 294 residents. The theme for this year’s festival is “Our Roots Run Deep – 135 Years & Growing.” Button designs must be drawn in a 6-inch circle on plain white paper. The exact drawing is copied from the entry – not redrawn or touched up in any way. The words “Rose Hill Fall Festival” and “2022” must be on the design, and no computer designs will be accepted. Source: Derby Informer | Area

14 Tuesday, June 14

Emporia to offer tours of Carnegie library

info2022-06-15T07:30:08-05:00June 14th, 2022|

The city of Emporia will soon offer tours of the old Carnegie library building, located at 110 E. Sixth Ave. The library will be open at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, and 10 a.m. Thursday, June 23, for tours. The city said each self-guided tour will be approximately 30 minutes long. The Emporia City Commission received an extensive report on the building in April, and on May 11, the city received a letter of interest for the building. Source: Emporia Gazette

14 Tuesday, June 14

Special meeting planned on vacant homes, local rentals in Emporia

info2022-06-15T07:30:53-05:00June 14th, 2022|

Some influencers in Emporia talk about a lack of housing. But more homes than you might think sit empty — and some have been unoccupied for years. “We’ve got, in a recent count, over 130 vacant houses — that is, duplex or single-family,” City Housing Specialist Jeff Lynch said. Lynch and the city’s Community Housing Board have called a special meeting for Thursday evening. It has two main topics: a potential city ordinance on vacant houses and registration of all rental property. Empty homes are a concern in cities large and small. Several residents complained to the Madison City Council last [...]

14 Tuesday, June 14

Schwindt excited to take on Burrton superintendent role

info2022-06-14T23:51:49-05:00June 14th, 2022|

Just three weeks after Burrton USD-369 began the search process for a new superintendent, the board of education has hired Kara Schwindt to fill its top leadership position. “It was definitely a fast process, but I’m really excited,” she said. “I think right now ‘excited’ is kind of my word. I’m excited to get in and meet staff, meet the community and see what direction we’re going to go.” Schwindt said she was interested in the Burrton superintendent position because she wanted to stay close to the Wichita area to be near family. Source: Harvey County Now

14 Tuesday, June 14

Human trafficking training course happening in Garden City for law enforcement officers

info2022-06-14T23:50:29-05:00June 14th, 2022|

"The hundreds of survivors that I've had the opportunity to work with over the years, they have told me about, 'I was going to school when this happened to me and none of the adults around me knew what what it was or what to do,' Phillip said. "'I was, you know, involved in this, this traffic stop with an officer and he missed it.' You know, I mean, I hear these stories over and over and over, and we call them miss opportunities. I don't want to see any more missing opportunities." Source: KAKE - News

14 Tuesday, June 14

Lawrence Police reunite 7-year-old boy with his stolen scooter

info2022-06-15T07:38:41-05:00June 14th, 2022|

A 7-year-old boy was reunited with his scooter at Lawrence Police Department headquarters on Tuesday afternoon after the red, three-wheeled vehicle was stolen from outside of an area Walmart while he was shopping with his mother. Brantley Lammo, 7, covered his mouth and appeared overjoyed as a Lawrence officer walked out carrying the recovered scooter, along with a new one and a helmet. “Thank you,” the boy said excitedly. Source: KC Star Local News

14 Tuesday, June 14

Public library delivers new books to Topeka readers

info2022-06-15T07:31:42-05:00June 14th, 2022|

If you're an avid reader, look no further as this local library brings the books to you. As a part of the Topeka Public Library, the Bookmobile allows you to browse its shelves from anywhere. Community engagement is important for a public library, and that means lending books in any way it can. On Tuesday, the Bookmobile stopped at the Brookwood Shopping Center, giving easy access to those in Southwest Topeka. "The bookmobile goes out so that we can get books in the hands of people that might have trouble getting to the library," said Dawn Buttery, Outreach Storyteller at the [...]

14 Tuesday, June 14

Resident raises concerns about wind farm to Labette County

info2022-06-15T07:32:12-05:00June 14th, 2022|

Labette County commissioners Monday entertained the idea of putting into effect a moratorium on wind farm construction and development, but no formal action was taken. County resident Lindsey Wilson approached county commissioners about protective opportunities for the county with wind turbines. Wilson and her family live in what would be the footprint of the wind farm if the German utility company RWE moves forward with the development. She asked commissioners to complete research and read about wind farms. “ Source: Parsons Sun

14 Tuesday, June 14

Rolling blackouts possible

info2022-06-14T09:18:04-05:00June 14th, 2022|

While it is unlikely conditions will deteriorate to February 2021 levels, when cities across Kansas were forced to save power amid a historic winter storm, the possibility for rolling blackouts is real. An annual assessment conducted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said there was a “low likelihood” of emerging reliability issues over the summer and the state’s largest utility said it was prepared. But the NERC report also contained a word of warning. “Load shedding may be needed under extreme peak demand and outage scenarios studied,” the group wrote. Source: Salina Journal

14 Tuesday, June 14

Garden City Airport terminal project begins construction

info2022-06-14T09:17:05-05:00June 14th, 2022|

The ground has finally broken on the Garden City Regional Airport new terminal project. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held Friday. Shannon Dick, Garden City mayor, said in researching for his speech at the groundbreaking he found a paper called “The Economic Importance of Air Travel in High-Amenity Rural Areas” by Ray Rasker, et al. The paper found strong correlations to a resident’s per capital income, earnings per job, employment in professional jobs, education and diversity of job types to a community’s distance to major airports, those with 15,000 enplanements or more. Based on that number, GCRA is classified [...]