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Residents of Oswego continue to recover from the July 11 storm that struck, leaving extensive damage in its wake. During the Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting Thursday, 911 director Brandi Grassl said the National Weather Service compiled a presentation showing what happened. “It was pretty educational,” Grassl said.
(Read more: Parsons Sun)
Peabody, KS Peabody Police and Fire Departments are better equipped with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to respond to medical calls during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a grant from Peabody Community Foundation (PCF) to Marion County Emergency Services. Randy Frank, county Emergency Management Director, presented supplies including gloves, face shields, masks, and gowns on July 7 at the Peabody Fire Station to Peabody police and firefighters.
(Read more: Hillsboro Free Press)
Baxter Springs residents have the chance to share a meal with the Chief of Police. Rita’s event center in Baxter Springs hosted breakfast with the chief, Saturday. Residents were able to purchase a breakfast and chat with members of the local police force. The purpose of the event was to provide an opportunity for citizens to get to know the men and women behind the badge.
(Read more: KSNF/KODE)
The city of Leavenworth has been awarded $1 million in funding from the Kansas Department of Transportation to replace pavement on Fourth Street in the downtown area. This project was one of 36 recently announced by the Kansas Department of Transportation as part of the City Connecting Link Improvement Program. CCLIP provides funding for improvements to state highways that extend through cities, according to a news release from KDOT.
(Read more: News – Butler County Times Gazette)
Boot Hill Distillery has plans to break ground this year on the first phase of a multi-year expansion project that will be located at the corner of 14th Avenue and US-56 highway in Dodge City. Included in the first phase of the expansion plan is the construction of a rickhouse to age barrels and a warehouse for inventory and supplies, before moving on to additional phases including: buildings for packaging, warehousing, additional rickhouses, malt houses …
(Read more: State News – Morning Sun)
Kansas law gives local health departments and health officers the authority to slow the spread of infectious diseases in their jurisdictions by any means known to be effective, Kristi Zears, director of communications for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said. This includes the power to instruct businesses to close if they are the location of a known outbreak or associated with high-risk behaviors. In Sedgwick County, for instance, the local health officer ordered the closure of bars until at least September as the area teeters close to an overwhelmed healthcare system. In Johnson County, however, where the cases per 100,000 people rate is higher, Barbara Mitchell, public information officer for the community health division, said the health department has not required any individual businesses to close since the initial orders from Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster shutdown nonessential businesses in March. [The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment’s] approach is to focus on individual cases and work with them to trace their contacts in order to prevent the spread of the virus,” Mitchell said in an email.
(Read more: Shawnee Mission Post)
The property has the hallmarks of an active construction project: a yellow crane, orange cones and temporary chain link fencing. But there are no sounds of dirt moving or concrete being poured. And no workers in sight. After 15 years of delays and tempered expectations, work has once again halted at the ill-fated $225 million Mission Gateway development in Johnson County. And it’s unclear if or when it might start back up. For now, the site of the former Mission Center Mall, at Shawnee Mission Parkway, Johnson Drive and Roe Avenue, is home to an incomplete parking garage with exposed staircases. A structure has risen with bright, white walls. But nearby, support columns jut out of the ground, bearing no weight.
(Read more: Joco 913 News)
The Mayor of Wichita is pleased with the new changes made to the Sedgwick County Emergency Health Order. He says he hopes the city can find a balance between supporting business owners and also slowing the spread of the Coronavirus. “You really make your money on entertainment more than the food side,” said Mike Mansor, Owner and General Manager of Hereos Bar and Grill. Mansor believes that will be harder to do now that county isn’t allowing venues like his to stay open past midnight.
(Read more: KSN-TV)
Some businesses in two western Kansas counties that have yet to report a single positive coronavirus case aren’t requiring customers to wear face masks — but they are asking whether they have traveled outside the county. Business owners in Rawlins and Wallace counties say they agree with local officials’ decisions to opt out of an order from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly requiring people to wear masks in public. In Wallace County, which borders Colorado, one restaurant posted on social media a graphic of a crossed out man with a face mask.
Read more: Yahoo News.
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