Pratt firemen honor 9-11 with bell ringing

14 Wednesday, September 14

Pratt firemen honor 9-11 with bell ringing

info2022-09-14T07:27:11-05:00September 14th, 2022|

It was a quiet Sunday morning in Pratt, but at specified times the big bell in front of City of Pratt Fire Department on Jackson Street rang out in honor of those who lost their lives, particularly first responders and fire fighters in New York City during a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Pratt City Fire Chief David Kramer, joined by firemen Mac Calloway, Eric Welch, Justin Garrett and a few others throughout the morning, rang the bell at 8:46 a.m. when the north tower was struck, again at 9:03 a.m. when the south tower was struck, and then at [...]

14 Wednesday, September 14

Bond yields continue climbing, 2-year Treasury tops 3.8%

info2022-09-14T07:24:03-05:00September 14th, 2022|

U.S. Treasury yields continued to climb higher on Wednesday as investors digested the previous session's dramatic market route triggered by a hot inflation reading. The yield on the 2-year Treasury, the part of the curve most sensitive to Fed policy, was trading 1 basis point higher at around 5:00 a.m. ET to reach 3.773%, at one point hitting as high as 3.805%, its highest level since November 2007. Tuesday's session saw it surge 17 points. Yields move inversely to prices, and a basis point is equal to 0.01%. Meanwhile, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was up just over one [...]

14 Wednesday, September 14

Wichita beer festival, on hiatus since COVID, is making its big comeback at a local park

info2022-09-14T08:03:54-05:00September 14th, 2022|

Beer lovers used to look forward every fall to the big Midwest Beerfest, which in its heyday would fill Century II with local, regional and national breweries passing out samples of their best brews. That event — which was always put on by the Wichita Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food — hasn’t happened since before the pandemic and still isn’t back this year. But another growing beer festival, which also has been on hiatus since the COVID-19 pandemic, is making a 2022 return and will be set up at a new venue. Source: Wichita Eagle

14 Wednesday, September 14

Newton begins eminent domain process to claim land for rail spur

info2022-09-14T08:04:15-05:00September 14th, 2022|

The city of Newton will begin the eminent domain process and condemnation proceedings to acquire land to build a railroad spur to serve the Kansas Logistics Park. They approved a resolution to begin the process at their Tuesday commission meeting. “It’s been a little while since we’ve seen condemnation,” City Attorney Chris Towle said, explaining that the act allows the government to take private property and compensate a property owner with a fair market value for the property.” The state recently announced a $3.04 million award to the city to pay for the spur. The resolution allows the city to begin surveying [...]

14 Wednesday, September 14

‘I hope I’m alive to see it completed’: Kellogg construction project gets underway

info2022-09-14T07:16:56-05:00September 14th, 2022|

A construction project on Kellogg that will stretch from east Wichita to Andover will take years, but it could've been much worse. "I hope I'm alive to see it completed," said Debbie Maltbie, who lives near Kellogg. Maltbie was at the east Kellogg construction meeting Tuesday where the Kansas Department of Transportation talked about its plans to build a new highway all the way to Andover next year. However, after just getting done with three decades of Kellogg construction, she's a little nervous to start more. "It'll be a little painful, you know, during construction and the learning curve of getting [...]

14 Wednesday, September 14

Music to crawl downtown: Portion of downtown Winfield to close for annual music event

info2022-09-14T08:08:28-05:00September 14th, 2022|

The Winfield Main Street Committee of the Winfield Area Chamber of Commerce is planning another Pre-Festival Hamburger Feed and Music Crawl today to celebrate the 50th Walnut Valley Festival. Like last year, a portion of the downtown streets will be closed to traffic in order to have a safe and relaxed crawl. Source: The Arkansas City Traveler

13 Tuesday, September 13

Lawrence leaders express interest in putting cap on amount of general public comment at meetings

info2022-09-14T07:30:49-05:00September 13th, 2022|

Lawrence city leaders say they are interested in putting some limits on general public comments at meetings, capping the period allowed for those comments at 30 minutes. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed potential changes to how it handles public comment during meetings. The commission’s meetings have regularly been going to about 11 p.m., and sometimes later, and the commission agreed that limiting general public comment — as opposed to the comment period for specific agenda items — could allow the commission to get to its regular agenda sooner and provide more predictability to the public. [...]

13 Tuesday, September 13

Seaman USD 345 considers stocking Narcan in schools in the event of opiate overdose

info2022-09-14T07:29:28-05:00September 13th, 2022|

Seaman USD 345 administrators don’t think they would need it, but if they ever do, they want Narcan to be readily available should there ever be a need to revive a student who overdosed. The Seaman Board of Education on Monday evening briefly discussed the possibility of equipping school nurses and law enforcement at the middle and high schools with Narcan, a drug that can reverse the potentially lethal effects of opiate overdoses. Source: CJonline

13 Tuesday, September 13

Municipal Bond Trends for September 13, 2022

info2022-09-14T07:27:37-05:00September 13th, 2022|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

13 Tuesday, September 13

Stephen Wade, a native of the Shawnee County community, is chosen as Topeka’s next city manager

info2022-09-13T21:22:31-05:00September 13th, 2022|

Topeka's first three permanent city managers came from other states. But the next, Stephen Wade, is a native of this community. After months of searching and multiple closed-door meetings, Topeka's mayor and council voted 10-0 late Tuesday to approve a contract calling for Wade, 55, to start work as city manager on Wednesday. Wade has been employed since 2020 by the city of Topeka, where he is administrative and financial services director. He previously spent 30 years in the media industry, including being publisher from 2018 to 2020 of The Topeka Capital-Journal and working previously as general manager at The Augusta [...]