info2022-11-02T00:00:07-05:00November 2nd, 2022|
Sedgwick held its third-annual Trunk or Treat on Halloween evening, closing down Commercial Street so trick-or-treaters could safely walk the streets and collect candy from residents and businesses alike. Activities included decorated trunks, candy distribution, a haunted tunnel, and free hot dogs. Source: Harvey County Now
info2022-11-01T23:57:49-05:00November 1st, 2022|
Picklers just scored a key victory in the ongoing turf war between Wichita’s pickleball and tennis communities over the use of city parks facilities. The Wichita City Council on Tuesday approved the conversion of two tennis courts at Edgemoor Park into six more pickleball courts. Parks and Recreation Director Troy Houtman said the problem with the six existing pickleball courts at Edgemoor is there are no court lights, limiting their use in the evenings. Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
info2022-11-02T07:05:49-05:00November 1st, 2022|
Wichita appears to be competing with Coffey County for a massive state subsidy package aimed at helping Kansas land billion-dollar “megaprojects” — the same incentives program used in July to lure Panasonic to the Kansas City area. It’s a competition because APEX incentives can go to only one more project before the program expires at the end of 2023. To qualify, companies must agree to spend $1 billion or more to expand operations or relocate their headquarters anywhere in Kansas. Source: Wichita Eagle
info2022-11-02T07:06:03-05:00November 1st, 2022|
Governor Laura Kelly today announced $1 million will be going to the City of Russell to increase affordable and moderate-income housing options in central Kansas. Russell is using the funds, allocated through the bipartisan House Bill 2510 Governor Kelly signed this past May, to redevelop the former Holland Hotel into loft-style apartments. “Across Kansas, we are expanding housing in innovative ways so every Kansas family can afford to put a roof over their head – and so we can attract and retain the workers needed to continue our record-breaking economic success,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “I applaud the City of Russell [...]
info2022-11-02T07:06:29-05:00November 1st, 2022|
Who knew that Cowley College started out in 1922 and was referred by first-time students as “BU” or Basement University, due to the first classes being held in the lower level of the Arkansas City Senior High Building? Or that Renn Memorial Library is named after Oscar Renn, who was the head of the new Social Sciences Department in the fall of 1923? Between the Roaring Twenties is a new book authored and compiled by the Cowley College Centennial Book Committee, and it is a truly fascinating trip through a century of life in Ark City. Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
info2022-11-01T23:48:29-05:00November 1st, 2022|
Sedgwick County firefighters are still on the scene of a fire that burned a ten-acre area at a Park City recycling facility. The fire broke out Sunday evening and burned wood pallets and mulch at Evergreen Pallet Recycling near 53rd Street North and Broadway. It continued to burn through the day Monday before it was contained, and crews have remained on the scene to keep water on the burn piles and watch for any hot spots. Sedgwick County Fire District 1 Chief Doug Williams said the cause of the fire has not been determined. He said investigators are looking at surveillance [...]
info2022-11-02T07:07:12-05:00November 1st, 2022|
A constitutional amendment on the Nov. 8 ballot would take away local attorneys’ abilities to investigate sheriffs. Some citizens and lawyers are worried that Kansas voters don’t know the full implications of rewriting the constitution to remove the ability of local district attorneys to start legal proceedings against local sheriffs if they believe there’s been misconduct. The amendment would require counties that elected sheriffs in January 2022 continue to elect sheriffs — meaning a sheriff’s position could never become appointed. The exception would be Riley County, which abolished the sheriff’s office after consolidating city and county agencies in 1974. Source: Cowley [...]
info2022-11-02T07:07:29-05:00November 1st, 2022|
As Panasonic Energy Co. Ltd.'s groundbreaking nears for its new $4 billion battery manufacturing operation at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant, the owners of the De Soto property have renamed the location. The 9,035-acre property now is called Astra Enterprise Park, according to Kessinger Hunter & Co., a managing member for Sunflower, alongside RESIGHT Holdings LLC of Littleton, Colorado, and Midland Properties Inc. of Mission Woods. Source: Kansas City Business Journal
info2022-11-01T23:39:05-05:00November 1st, 2022|
The Federal Reserve is on track to issue another massive rate hike Wednesday before slowing down the pace of its battle to fight inflation. Analysts and economists are confident the Fed will hike its baseline interest rate range by another 0.75 percentage points at the end of a Wednesday meeting. The Fed's move will mark the fourth consecutive rate hike of a size it once considered "unusually large." It may also mark a turning point as the Fed faces growing pressure to take its foot off the brakes of the economy. Source: KSN-TV
info2022-11-02T07:08:28-05:00November 1st, 2022|
The city’s tourism tax is rebounding after a downturn because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re getting there, but not quite,” said Parsons Economic Development Director Jim Zaleski. Officials budget the city’s transient guest tax at approximately $145,000 annually for funding income. “We expected that to increase in 2020 with the new hotel,” Zaleski said. “COVID hit.” “To be honest, we’re a lot stronger than what we thought we might be, so that’s good news,” Zaleski added. In February 2020, the Holiday Inn Express, 1500 Cattle Drive, opened, but travel across the state and country was shut down in March due to [...]
