info2024-03-25T14:56:57-05:00March 25th, 2024|
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady as expected and signaled it still plans multiple cuts before the end of the year. Following its two-day policy meeting, the central bank’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee said it will keep its benchmark overnight borrowing rate in a range between 5.25%-5.5%, where it has held since July 2023. Source: CNBC - Bonds
info2024-03-25T14:54:48-05:00March 25th, 2024|
Toy company Mattel, Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to open a $487 million amusement park in western Wyandotte County — marking the latest example of major development interest near the Kansas Speedway. Dubbed the Mattel Adventure Park Kansas City, the theme park would feature roller coasters, mini-golf, a theater, an indoor play arena, and a rooftop restaurant and bar. Rides and activities are to carry the company’s top-known brands like Hot Wheels and Barbie. Source: KC Star Local News
info2024-03-25T14:54:25-05:00March 25th, 2024|
Osawatomie City Council members are considering a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program to address the community’s stray cat problem, but opinions are mixed. Council members discussed the proposed program with Eunice Mollett of Four Kids For Kritters during the Feb. 22 council meeting. Mollett said she would train volunteers to set cat traps in the city. Captured feral cats would be spayed or neutered, vaccinated and ear-tipped before being released back where they were found. Mollett said she’d be willing to launch the program at no cost to the city. Source: Local News | republic-online.com
info2024-03-25T14:52:57-05:00March 25th, 2024|
Since several organizations merged together to become Grow Clay County two and a half years ago, the organization has accomplished a lot, Grow Clay County Director Natalie Muruato said at last week’s Lions Club meeting. “Rural (economic development) can be very hard and very difficult, we have to look at it differently,” Muruato said after listing the organization’s accomplishments. “And not only that, now it’s not only about business attraction, it’s about people attraction. If you have the people, the businesses will come, the businesses will grow.” Source: www.ccenterdispatch.com
info2024-03-25T14:51:42-05:00March 25th, 2024|
Darryl Lutz, Director of Public Works/Butler County Engineer will be hanging his hat at the end of March as he retires from his position. After working in the engineering department of Butler County for 36 years, he’s ready to move on with his wife. Engineering has always been a part of Lutz’s life. As his mother boasted at his retirement party, he was very bright even as a young boy. Coming from a small farm town in Kansas by the name of Olpe just over an hour northeast of Butler County, little Lutz had no idea where his future career would [...]
info2024-03-25T11:04:05-05:00March 25th, 2024|
Tucked away in southeastern Johnson County, a wooded path curves around the Blue River. The quiet pocket of nature has become a makeshift bike trail for some, and a tempting after-school hangout for nearby Blue Valley students. But abandoned since the 1990s when it was the site of a multi-million-dollar environmental cleanup, the land also has seen explorers get injured, and a fatal crash at the railroad tracks near it. Now, conservationists and some local officials are urging Johnson County to take over the 35-acre site near 164th Street and Mission Road. They want the county to turn it into a [...]
info2024-03-25T11:02:35-05:00March 25th, 2024|
The Goddard city council has approved plans to build a pedestrian bridge going over highway 54 in order to give citizens a safe way to cross from the north side to the south side. Walking across highway 54 is dangerous with lots of cars driving through at all hours of the day. There are already signs telling people not to cross but people do it anyway. That's why people who live in Goddard want a pedestrian bridge to go across the highway. "We've lived here for almost 11 years and it's always a topic of conversation either within the city or [...]
info2024-03-25T11:00:55-05:00March 25th, 2024|
Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that GAF, a Standard Industries company and North America’s largest roofing and waterproofing manufacturer, will invest more than $300 million in Newton by constructing a new shingle plant. The estimated 275,000-square-foot facility will create more than 130 high-skilled manufacturing jobs in management, engineering, and operations. GAF has more than 4,800 employees and operates in 30 locations across the U.S. producing commercial and residential roofing and waterproofing products and services for customers throughout North America. The Kansas Logistics Parks in Newton will be the company’s first location in Kansas. With one in four homes in the United [...]
info2024-03-25T10:59:14-05:00March 25th, 2024|
A German company is joining the massive Panasonic development in De Soto, to work on site producing containers for the company’s electric vehicle batteries. H&T Recharge leaders say the company will be a supplier for Panasonic’s battery plant, working in De Soto through a “factory-in-factory approach.” Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced the development this week, saying the company is expected to invest $110 million and create 180 new jobs in De Soto. “My administration is dedicated to making Kansas the best place for businesses to start or grow,” Kelly said in a news release. “H&T’s decision to co-locate with Panasonic is [...]
info2024-03-25T10:56:44-05:00March 25th, 2024|
If you have artistic talents and want a place to show them off, Johnson County Park & Recreation has a project for you. It’s gearing up for its second annual poster project promoting local parks. Applications to be part of it are due March 26. Styled after the Works Progress Administration posters for national parks of the late 1930s and early 1940s, this year’s batch of posters will feature Antioch Park, Ernie Miller Park, Mill Creek Streamway Park and Stilwell Community Park. The idea is to make sure the parks “represented geographic diversity across Johnson County, some of our older parks [...]
