It is a week of tightening up water problems in Great Bend.
Broken valves have caused water leaks in streets and residents’ yards for several months near 24th Street, especially along Meadowlark Lane. For $81,401, APAC started repairs on the valves this week.
The crew from Hutchinson is also working on the replacement of the water line to the hospital.
(Read more: Great Bend Post)
Emporia State University is receiving more than $2 million in grants to help professionals seeking to bolster employment opportunities for people with hearing problems and autism spectrum disorders.
The university says in a news release that it has one of three programs nationwide that concentrates in working with deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
(Read more: KAKE – News)
The Sedgwick County Election Commission is in need of workers for this year’s November 5th election.
Officials with the Commission say they are still needing to hire 53 more people to have all positions filled. Additionally, they would like 20-25 more people in case fill-in’s are needed.
The commission says their ideal goal is 75 more workers because it makes things run smoother, but training starts on Thursday.
(Read more: KAKE – News)
The Coffeyville Police Department has received grant funding from the JAG Grant program. The grant will pay for new police technology including: in-car digital video recorders, equipment for forensic evidence investigations and evidence processing, and a prisoner restraint system that will reduce injuries to combative individuals while improving officer safety.
(Read more: Coffeyville, KS – News Flash)
Three Sedgwick County organizations have been awarded grants to support public health and safety programs, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced today.
- City of Wichita Police Department will receive $95,633 to fund programs involving recruitment efforts, drug interdiction, homeless and mental health crisis intervention and crisis de-escalation.
- Episcopal Social Services will receive $74,287 to fund two programs to teach skills to individuals with mental illness to avoid behaviors that result in incarceration or recidivism.
- Via Christi Hospitals of Wichita will receive $120,000 to support services for sexual assault victims.
(Read more: KSN-TV)
John Arnold had already spent 17 years as city manager of municipalities in Colorado, California and North Dakota when then-Mayor Joan Wagnon hired him as Topeka’s chief administrative officer in 1998.
Having Arnold as her CAO made running Topeka’s city government “a whole lot easier” because of his deep experience and his willingness to be candid, Wagnon recalled Thursday.
Arnold, 79, died Oct. 4 in Topeka. Services haven’t yet been scheduled.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)
The roughly half-mile stretch of S.E. 45th Street just south of Lake Shawnee will be transformed in 2021 from a two-lane road with open ditches on either side to a three-lane road with curbs and gutters, storm sewers and sidewalks on both sides.
Shawnee County Commissioners Bill Riphahn, Kevin Cook and Aaron Mays voted 3-0 Thursday to approve a budget of about $5.84 million to carry out the project along the 2,900-foot stretch of S.E. 45th between S.E. Berryton/West Edge Road and S.E. East Edge Road.
The county as part of the project will construct a single-lane roundabout at the point where S.E. 45th intersects with S.E. West Edge Road on the north and S.E. Berryton Road on the south, said public works director Curt Niehaus.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)
A portion of Santa Fe Avenue will be closed Thursday as construction in the downtown area continues.
The City of Salina said an overhead structure at Phillips Plaza will be erected Thursday, causing the closure of Santa Fe from Iron Street to Ash Street.
The city said businesses along the closed portion will still have access to their doors and parking will be available along Fifth Street and Seventh Street. Work is scheduled for most of the workday.
(Read more: News – Salina Journal)
In an effort to support teachers in the Peabody school district, Peabody Community Foundation is offering grants for needs outside of the district’s annual budget.
Student groups working in collaboration with a teacher may also apply. Up to 10 $250 projects will be funded. Applications will be accepted until Oct. 17.
(Read more: PEABODY Gazette-Bulletin)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Kansas, Lynne Hinrichsen, highlighted that USDA is providing $150 million in grants through the agency’s Community Facilities Program. The grants will help rural communities across the country continue their recovery from the devastating effects of natural disasters, which includes hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, straight-line winds, wildfires, landslides and mudslides.
“Throughout Kansas, numerous communities were devastated by natural disasters this year,” Hinrichsen said. “USDA’s Community Facilities program can help rural communities in their recovery efforts by ensuring they have public services and facilities available to support their residents.”
(Read more: The Arkansas City Traveler)
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