Marysville to vote on allowing liquor sales on Sundays

Marysville City Council plans to vote at its July 22 meeting on a proposed ordinance to allow Sunday liquor sales in Marysville.

The council discussed expanding hours at its July 8 meeting after learning that the city’s current ordinance doesn’t comply with state law, which requires cities to have Sunday sales if they allow liquor to be sold on holidays.

Currently Marysville was only allowing sales at liquor stores Monday through Saturday and on Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day, but not on Sundays.

(Read more: The Marysville Advocate)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T21:14:05-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

New company in Russell hopes to bring 900 jobs to the area

The city of Russell threw a party Thursday for a hemp-based business that could bring up to 900 jobs to the area.

“We are very excited to be here,” said Elizabeth Grover with Mechanized Concepts from Utah.

Russel city and county officials held a ribbon cutting Thursday with Kansas Governor Laura Kelly.

“Im glad we’ve got the research going on now. We will have the hemp development going on,” said Governor Kelly. “And now we have a place to actually to take it to market.”

(Read more: KSN-TV)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T21:05:49-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

Garden City Big Pool stays for 2020 season

The pool currently loses almost $1000 in chemicals and 200,000 gallons of water a day.

Officials say that won’t change for the next swimming season and city commissioners voted to keep the pool open for one more year.

“The commissioners commented that they wanted to give a final goodbye and opportunities for people who don’t live here that maybe once lived here to come back and enjoy the facility one more time,” Assistant City Manager Jennifer Cunningham said.

(Read more: KSN-TV)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T21:04:45-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

Pretty Prairie opts out of aerial mosquito spray

A town in Reno county votes to opt out of an aerial spraying to control mosquitoes in the area.

Pretty Prairie will not be sprayed for mosquitoes tonight. The town voted it down after some citizens voiced concerns.

Reno County is expected to start the operation this evening.

(Read more: KSN-TV)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T21:10:28-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

South Hutch to be included in aerial spraying

The South Hutchinson City Council voted in a special meeting Wednesday to be included in Thursday night’s aerial spraying to kill adult mosquitoes. A blue-and-white twin-engine Piper Aztec was expected to depart about 8:50 p.m. Thursday from Hutchinson Regional Airport and fly over Hutchinson and South Hutchinson first before continuing next to Reno County’s southwest corner. The plane was to reload several times at the […]

(Read more: News – The Hutchinson News)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T21:10:18-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

Southeast Kansas facing mosquito problems following wet weather

In the wake of major storms this year, state officials have been conducting a statewide mosquito surveillance study, and the results are not looking particularly good for Crawford County."With all the flooding we’ve had there’s been an influx of mosquitoes," County Clerk Don Pyle said at Tuesday’s Crawford County Commission meeting.

(Read more: State News – Morning Sun)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T21:13:31-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

USD 383 and Manhattan-Ogden NEA reach tentative agreement on teacher contracts

A tentative agreement has been reached on teacher contracts for the 2019-2020 school year between the Manhattan-Odgen USD 383 school district and the Manhattan-Odgen NEA. The district said in a Thursday release that the tentative agreement was reached July 11. The Board of Education will vote on ratification following a ratification vote by teachers.

The two sides have been in negotiations since April. The new contract includes:

*A 6.5 percent total compensation package increase
*Increase of $1,750 on the base salary, bringing the starting annual salary for a teacher to $41,000
*Allowed steps and movement on salary schedule
*Continued coverage of the health insurance premium
*Changes to the Supplemental Pay schedule
*Return to original contract language concerning National Board Certification
*District Mentoring allocation
*2.5 additional contract days for Special Education teachers
*An additional $1,000 for each District Level Program Special Education teacher

(Read more: 1350 KMAN)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T19:32:11-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

Kansas to begin beer, wine sales at Memorial Stadium

Kansas announced Wednesday that it will begin selling beer and wine at home football games this season, joining a growing number of Big 12 schools to offer alcohol sales at sporting events.

Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said the sales will begin with the season opener Aug. 31 against Indiana State. It is an expansion of a trial program in various venues, including Memorial Stadium, where alcohol has been served in suites and premium seating areas.

Kansas averaged just 20,265 fans at home games last season, which is roughly 40 percent of Memorial Stadium’s capacity of just over 50,000. The average attendance was about half of the next-worst attendance in the league, and often there were far fewer fans by the time the second half began.

(Read more: Great Bend Post)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T19:29:44-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

‘It’s going to change your life’: JoCo’s new $1M playground a sign of the future

On the top of a small hill at Shawnee Mission Park’s new million-dollar playground, children swarm on an elaborate spider web of ropes. Down a wheelchair-friendly ramp to a more shaded area, families swing, slide and clamber over a myriad of structures that spin, bounce or make music.

It’s all designed to be fun — and accessible — for kids of different abilities.

The inclusive playground highlights a growing trend in the Kansas City area of helping kids with special needs get off the sidelines and into the action. The Kansas City Zoo opened such a playground in 2018, the first zoo to do so in the nation. Later that year, Johnson County added one in Stillwell. The playground at Shawnee Mission Park opened earlier this month.

(Read more: KC Star Local News)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T19:22:02-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

Friday night lights could return to Eureka this season

It has been more than a year since an EF3 tornado ripped through Eureka, causing widespread damage.

The high school football team could not play a home game all last season.

But now, there is hope Friday night lights may return soon.

“It’s exciting. It gives us an opportunity to show off what we’ve been working on all summer,” said Cade Larcom, a senior on the football team.

(Read more: KSN-TV)

Ranson Financial2019-07-18T19:19:11-05:00July 18, 2019|News|

Marysville to vote on allowing liquor sales on Sundays

New company in Russell hopes to bring 900 jobs to the area

Garden City Big Pool stays for 2020 season

Pretty Prairie opts out of aerial mosquito spray

South Hutch to be included in aerial spraying

Southeast Kansas facing mosquito problems following wet weather

USD 383 and Manhattan-Ogden NEA reach tentative agreement on teacher contracts

Kansas to begin beer, wine sales at Memorial Stadium

‘It’s going to change your life’: JoCo’s new $1M playground a sign of the future

Friday night lights could return to Eureka this season

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