Group trying to get Century II on National Registry

Save Century II leaders are meeting on Tuesday of next week. They will be talking about the latest move by the group of make sure it is a part of the future of downtown.

“We have already filed the preliminary site assessment for National Registry status,” said Celeste Racette with Save Century II. “And we are now moving on to phase II which is to get it nominated.”

Racette says if the building is on the National Register of Historic Places, it will make it difficult to tear it down and build something new.

(Read more: KSN-TV)

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Pittsburg fire department holds fire safety demonstration

A local fire department uses their equipment to teach people about fire safety.

The Pittsburg Fire Department held their annual fire safety demo in conjunction with Fire Safety Week.

Kids participated in the mini combat challenge, using hoses to put out fires, while learning how to safely extinguish a grease fire.

This event helps community members get to know the fire department, as well as, take away important safety tips.

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:05:23-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

South Hutch could join Haven in Sunday sales

Most Kansas counties and cities do not permit retail sales of packaged alcohol on Sunday. In Reno County, the only place where Sunday sales are allowed is in the city of Haven.

That could change after the Nov. 5 general election …

This spring, Greg Dovel, part-owner of 505 Tobacco & Liquor … asked the South Hutchinson City Council to authorize Sunday sales. When the council didn’t, Dovel spearheaded a petition drive to put the issue on the ballot.

Dovel had to collect 50 signatures of registered voters for the ballot question. He collected more than twice that number.

(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:04:43-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

Ellis County dips below 2 percent as jobless rates fall across NW Kan.

Preliminary estimates reported by the Kansas Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.2 percent in September. This was unchanged from 3.2 percent in August and down from 3.3 percent in September 2018.

“Kansas job growth shows a 1.5 percent gain over the last year which is on par with the national job growth,” said Secretary Delía García. “Additionally, Kansas posted a significant gain in the size of the labor force adding 3,525 people in September.”

Jobless rates fell precipitously across northwest Kansas, with Ellis, Rawlins, Thomas, Wichita, Scott, Osborne, Gove, Norton and Lane counties all below 2 percent.

(Read more: Hays Post)

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:01:26-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

Pratt County honored for county lake work

Pratt County has won the 2019 Kansas Public Improvement Award (PIA) for counties in the 10,000 and Under population category. The PIA competition, sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Kansas for 58 years, is unique because it recognizes engineering projects for their benefit to the citizens of a community and not for engineering design. Pratt County won for the Pratt County Lake Improvements project.

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:00:28-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

Century II in limbo as planners craft riverfront proposals for apartments, offices

Planners working on redevelopment scenarios for the east bank of the Arkansas River say they will present some proposals that preserve the roundhouse at Century II, and some where it will be torn down.

But none of those proposals will recommend continuing to use it as the city’s performing arts center.

Planners expect to recommend that the city build a new convention center and a new performance center and maybe convert Century II, which now serves both functions, for some other use.

(Read more: Local News |)

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:14:07-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

Mission, Roeland Park agree to annexation arrangement for land at Johnson Drive and Roe

Following a public hearing this week, the Mission city council approved the de-annexation of .7 acres the northeast corner of Johnson Drive and Roe Avenue. City Administrator Laura Smith said discussion of annexation and de-annexation between Mission and Roeland Park has been ongoing since 2018. Roeland Park leaders will still need to formally consider the annexation proposal.

Roeland Park sold the lot to Sunflower Medical Group in July 2019, and SMG intends to build a medical office building on the space. City limits of Mission and Roeland intersect in that particular corner, and the two cities have been discussing the benefits of annexation and de-annexation, Smith said.

(Read more: Shawnee Mission Post)

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:13:35-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

Halstead overrun with cats, humane society spaying and neutering

Feral cats are running rampant in Halstead and residents are fed up with the problem.

“I know I see cats everywhere…There are a lot of cats here in Halstead,” says Ethan Harvey, who lives in Halstead.

So many, Harvey says he has to watch out for them anytime he walks the streets.

Cynthia Sutcliffe works for Caring Hands Humane Society and says the cats are Halstead’s biggest problem, so she decided to tackle it.

(Read more: KAKE – News)

Ranson Financial2019-10-20T19:13:11-05:00October 20, 2019|News|

City of Lawrence moves excessive-force lawsuit against police department to federal court

The City of Lawrence has moved an excessive-force case involving its police department to federal court and requested that the case go to trial.

Last month, a motorist who was shot by police after a traffic stop turned violent filed a lawsuit in Douglas County District Court claiming that police used excessive force against him and that the city failed to properly train its officers. On Wednesday, attorneys representing the city moved the case to the United States District Court of Kansas City, Kan., and requested a trial by jury.

‘Affordable’ Housing An Elusive Target Impacting Community Growth

Ask anyone involved in economic development or any employer what is the number one factor that drives community growth and one item will almost always be at the top of that list – housing.

Make that affordable housing.

That’s not an issue unique to just Scott City, but nearly every small community in Western Kansas and for that matter across the state.

Scott County Development Committee Director Katie Eisenhour feels that Scott City has done far better than most communities to fill the need for more housing.

Group trying to get Century II on National Registry

Pittsburg fire department holds fire safety demonstration

South Hutch could join Haven in Sunday sales

Ellis County dips below 2 percent as jobless rates fall across NW Kan.

Pratt County honored for county lake work

Century II in limbo as planners craft riverfront proposals for apartments, offices

Mission, Roeland Park agree to annexation arrangement for land at Johnson Drive and Roe

Halstead overrun with cats, humane society spaying and neutering

City of Lawrence moves excessive-force lawsuit against police department to federal court

‘Affordable’ Housing An Elusive Target Impacting Community Growth

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