Fed sees interest rate hikes continuing until inflation eases substantially, minutes show

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Fed sees interest rate hikes continuing until inflation eases substantially, minutes show

info2022-08-17T22:06:21-05:00August 17th, 2022|

Federal Reserve officials at their July meeting indicated they likely would not consider pulling back on interest rate hikes until inflation came down substantially, according to minutes from the session released Wednesday. During a meeting where the central bank approved a 0.75 percentage point rate hike, policymakers expressed resolve to bring down inflation that is running well above the Fed's desired 2% level. They did not provide specific guidance for future increases and said they would be watching data closely before making that decision. Market pricing is for a half-point rate hike at the September meeting, though that remains a close [...]

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Old Settlers Days to be held in downtown Mulvane

info2022-08-17T22:04:47-05:00August 17th, 2022|

The Old Settlers Days festival will return to Mulvane Aug. 19 through 21, with a host of activities for all ages. While the festival will feature an expanded carnival and new cornhole tournament, a host of classic activities will make their return – including the annual parade, road run, car show and more. More entries have already been reported for both the parade and arts and crafts fair this year. Source: Derby Informer | Area

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USD 260 continues to improve school safety

info2022-08-17T22:02:44-05:00August 17th, 2022|

As the general trend across the U.S. has seen active shooter incidents increase over the past 20 years, the Derby school district has continued efforts over that same time frame to put safety in its classrooms at a premium. Retired Derby police officer Matt Liston has taken that on as his primary task, now serving as the Safety and Security Officer for Derby Public Schools. Liston updated community members on what the district is doing to keep kids safe at a recent chamber luncheon. Source: Derby Informer | News

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Johnson County rated as fastest growing home prices

info2022-08-17T21:58:54-05:00August 17th, 2022|

Stacker compiled a list of cities’ fastest growing home prices in Kansas with data from Zillow. Cities are ranked by the dollar change in Zillow Home Values Index for all homes from the twelve months ending June 2022. Data was available for 401 Kansas cities and towns. Mission Hills in Johnson County was ranked in the top spot with home values growing by $153,385 over the last 12 months. The Kansas City area had 30 cities in the Top 50, Wichita 12, Lawrence 4 and Topeka 3. Locally, Paola and Spring Hill topped the list at the number six and seven [...]

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Harvey County agrees to contribute $75,000 for broadband expansion

info2022-08-18T06:56:15-05:00August 17th, 2022|

The Board of Harvey County Commissioners gave a verbal commitment Tuesday to provide $75,000 in matching funding toward a IdeaTek project to provide broadband service to underserved rural areas. Commissioners also approved setting aside a total of $250,000 for future broadband projects. Commissioners’ actions followed a long discussion with Nate Oswald, director of customer service and sales for IdeaTek. He told commissioners that five other counties that were part of the company’s grant application had agreed to contribute funding. He said Finney County was contributing $400,000. Other counties and their pledged commitments were: Kingman, $60,000; Saline, $54,000; Reno, $15,000; and Seward, [...]

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Remote-control mower clears the landscape

info2022-08-17T21:49:41-05:00August 17th, 2022|

A group of skateboarders talking about getting a taco 12-pack of Taco Bell noticed something wasn’t right about a mower sticking out of Sand Creek near the restaurant. “Just the nose was in the water,” said Hondo Collins, city of Newton parks superintendent. At the time, Newton Parks Supervisor Tyler Schmidt was using the city’s remote control mower at that location and the kids asked him if he needed help. Schmidt told them it was remote controlled and they said, “That’s dope.” Source: Harvey County Now

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Pride of Hoyt Days this weekend

info2022-08-17T21:47:50-05:00August 17th, 2022|

What began in 1986 to mark the centennial of Hoyt has continued to grow over the years into a celebration of the southern Jackson County community. This year’s Pride of Hoyt Days, the 35th-annual town festival scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20, promises to keep the celebratory spirit going, according to Nancy Bailey, president of the committee that organizes the annual festival, held in Hoyt City Park. Many events associated with the festival will be back this year, including the sand volleyball tournament, car show, quilt display, the community fried chicken dinner and the parade, which Bailey said will be led by [...]

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City of Wichita urging water customers to get backflow tested

info2022-08-17T21:45:56-05:00August 17th, 2022|

The City of Wichita is urging its water customers to get their backflows tested. Every Wichita water customer with an irrigation system connected to the City's water system is federally required by the Safe Drinking Water Act to have a working backflow device. Working backflow devices ensures that Wichitans have access to safe, clean drinking water. "So, the backflow is to ensure that the water irrigation systems don't mix with contaminants like fertilizers from your yard," said Megan Lovely, the public informant officer for the City of Wichita. "So that's why it's important to have that backflow connection point tested every [...]

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Wichita community comments on proposed redistricting maps

info2022-08-17T21:44:42-05:00August 17th, 2022|

Every 10 years, the City of Wichita conducts redistricting to ensure that each council district is made up of roughly the same amount of people or is within 5%. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, the city held an open house to get the public's opinion on 20 proposed maps that they had on display. Each of the 20 maps included a summary of changes made from the current district map. Source: KSN-TV

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Grant to fund EV charging station, vehicles in Osawatomie

info2022-08-17T21:40:38-05:00August 17th, 2022|

With electric vehicles becoming more commonplace, the city of Osawatomie is joining other cities in finding ways to accommodate those drivers. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday, Aug. 11, in front of the new mural at the corner of Fifth and Main streets in Osawatomie to dedicate a new public electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The station will be located next to a parking stall across the street from the mural, where an electric meter is installed. The city of Osawatomie and a consortium of eight businesses and municipalities, working through Metropolitan Energy Center, recently were awarded $5.2 million through the [...]