News Staff Effective August 1st, 2022, the Arkansas City Police Department phone number (620)441-4444 and the Winfield Police Department phone number (620)221-5555 will no longer connect to Cowley County Emergency Communications (dispatch). The police departments and the sheriff’s office have provided the following numbers to be used for administrative and records related calls. • Arkansas City Police … Read more
From the City of Ark City: Just a reminder that the street resurfacing project on North Summit between Kansas and Radio Lane started yesterday.Traffic control is being setup to close the outside lanes in both directions for this portion of the project.
The Southwestern College men’s basketball team along with the Winfield Recreation Commission recently hosted a basketball camp for first grade to ninth grade boys and girls. Matt O’Brien, head men’s basketball coach at Southwestern College, along with his staff and players Andrew O’Brien and Abe Rodriguez led the camp. According to O’Brien, 45 campers participated … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced today that it is partnered with The Rockefeller Foundation’s public charity, RF Catalytic Capital, and Project Access to Covid Tests (Project ACT) to offer free at-home COVID-19 tests directly to Kansans in vulnerable communities. Kansas can now visit AccessCovidTests.org to check if their zip code is … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly announced today that her request for a federal disaster declaration for the winter storms that occurred in late March has been granted. Governor Kelly made the request on May 3. Its approval will open federal funding streams for rural electric cooperatives to repair or replace infrastructure damaged by the disaster. The declaration … Read more
A reminder that a Click it or Ticket campaign is underway. The state department of transportation says The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Region 7, which includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is reminding drivers about the lifesaving benefits of wearing a seat belt this spring, during the national … Read more
Empire Electric customers will soon see a reduction in their monthly bills. A settlement agreement approved today by the Kansas Corporation Commission calls for a 3.8% rate decrease effective July 1, 2022. This amounts to a bill reduction of $2.95 per month for residential customers with average usage. The company, which serves 9688 customers in … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) would like to encourage the public to exercise caution while enjoying streams, rivers and lakes over the Memorial Day weekend and through the summer. Prolonged rains in most parts of the state have contributed to an increased risk of unintentional injury and bacteria in open bodies of … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly joined Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz today to announce that the State of Kansas is giving $11.5 million in grants to advance 17 railroad improvement projects across Kansas. The projects – the majority of which are in West and South Kansas – will be funded through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s State Rail … Read more
A biopharmaceutical company has been ordered to pay more than $85,000 in restitution to Kansas consumers following an investigation into the company’s business and advertising practices involving its copayment coupon program, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. The settlement resolves allegations that Pfizer, Inc., deceptively marketed its copayment coupon program for its Estring, Quillivant XR … Read more