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Nine new, moderate-income homes are set to be completed in Pittsburg this year.
Land Bank parcels are filling a gap in the current offerings in the market.
Brian Jones, Land Bank Board of Trustees, said, “They’ll be two bedroom, two bath, nice new houses for somebody to own in Pittsburg”
The city of Pittsburg Land Bank Program saw a lot of success in 2019 and is hoping to continue that streak in 2020
(Read more: KSNF/KODE – FourStatesHomepage.com)
The Wichita Police Department guides an organized effort aimed at building trust with the city’s Hispanic community.
The Asociación de Graduados de Los Talleres Comunitarios (AGTC), also known as the Hispanice — Latino Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association is “the first ever alumni association for Spanish speaking community members of Wichita,” the WPD says.
Created under the direction of Wichita Police Officer Paul Cruz — a public information officer for the department — the volunteer-driven organization consists of citizens who graduated from the Spanish Citizens Police Academy.
(Read more: KWCH News)
As Cosmosphere marks its 35th year of summer space camps, Citizens Bank of Kansas will again provide scholarships to eight students to experience hands-on STEAM learning at a camp this summer.
STEAM learning is an approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking.
Scholarship winners will attend the Cosmosphere’s Mars Academy Camp, a four-day/three-night overnight camp where students will focus on building a habitat for another world, understand and overcome the challenges of gathering resources necessary for life, and practice skills like operating robotics and drones. The camp activities culminate in a team mission to orbit Earth.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)
After the reconstruction of a downtown parking lot was completed this past fall, a new feature was added to the parking lot – a charging station for electric vehicles.
The new charging station was installed in a parking lot across the street from Leavenworth City Hall at Fifth and Seneca streets.
The charging station, which is owned by the power company Evergy, was installed in a public parking lot owned by the city.
Evergy previously was known as Westar Energy.
“With more people currently driving electric cars, and advances in technology leading to more prospective buyers, we are excited about the partnership with Evergy to provide this service to residents and visitors of Leavenworth,” Assistant City Manager Taylour Tedder said in an email. “While vehicles are charging people can take advantage of the nearby attractions, restaurants and shopping in the downtown.”
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)
Kansans thinking about wagering a few bucks on the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl appearance this weekend would have to go to one of 14 states to do it legally.
But by later this year, sports betting could be legal in Kansas. This year’s bill is a compromise — allowing people over 21 to gamble on sports through the companies that run the state-owned casinos and via online apps. And it has some critical support.
“I feel confident that this year there will be a bill done, a solution passed,” said Republican Sen. Bud Estes, chairman of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee.
Lawmakers are taking another crack at the issue after sports gambling legislation struck out at the end of the 2019 session, held up by disagreements over who’d run the betting and manage mobile-gaming apps.
(Read more: Here)
After a couple of false starts over the past few years, it looks like the new multimillion dollar golf entertainment complex just north of Greenwich Place finally is going to tee off. It just won’t be a DRIV Golf Lounge & Brewhouse or a Swings complex as once planned.
Springfield, Mo., businessman Tim O’Reilly is bringing a BigShots Golf franchise to the southeast corner of 29th North and Greenwich, which is across from the Stryker Sports Complex, along with a hotel.
“We think Wichita’s a great place to develop a concept like this,” O’Reilly says.
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The Derby Community Foundation recently awarded a total of $20,500 in grants to the Derby Historical Society.
A Community Enrichment Grant was awarded in the amount of $2,500 and will help fund renovations to the restrooms at the Derby Historical Museum. The Enrichment Grant program is a competitive grant process which annually awards up to $10,000 in grants to local non-profits and is funded by the proceeds of Uncorked, the DCF’s annual gala event.
An anonymous Field of Interest Fund of the Derby Community Foundation awarded $18,000 to the Derby Historical Society. $2,500 will be used for museum restroom renovations. That amount is matching the Community Enrichment Grant.
(Read more: Derby News | derbyinformer.com)
The city of Wichita has put out a formal bid for the demolition of 20 properties on a three-acre chunk of land just west of the under-construction baseball stadium…
The city purchased the land for $3 million earlier this month with plans to build a surface parking lot. The sale was laid out in a development agreement approved by City Council Jan. 7 with Riverfront Partners LLC, the development team behind the planned $127-million Riverfront Village north of the ballpark.
The city’s Public Works & Utilities department will accept bids for the demolition work until 10 a.m. Feb. 14, and the project will be awarded Feb. 18, according to the city’s website.
The 20 properties that will be demolished in the project take up three blocks between Maple and Texas Avenue and Oak and Sycamore streets, city documents show. The buildings range from 792 to 6,448 square feet. The oldest buildings on the list were built in 1900. They are single-family homes, warehouses and commercial properties.
(Read more: KAKE – News)
Medical bills can be expensive and stressful — especially when the bill is much higher than one anticipated. One Kansas lawmaker has a plan to help prevent these surprise medical bills.
This week, Senator Richard Hilderbrand (R-Galena) has proposed two bills — one for insured patients and one for uninsured patients.
Each bill would require medical providers to give patients a breakdown of costs before receiving treatment — if the patient asks.
Hilderbrand says this gives patients the ability to compare costs with other providers and budget or plan ahead as needed. “It’s just like when you go in anywhere else, you can look up at McDonald’s and see a menu, you know
what a big mac is going to cost…”
(Read more: KSN-TV)
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