News Staff With five projects up for awards, the Cowley Marketing team received five awards during the NCMPR Medallions banquet held in Omaha, NE on Sunday, October 11th. Two Gold awards were given for the poster (single or series) that was a commemorative piece following the Men’s basketball National-Runner up appearance and the Video Shorts series for … Read more
The Butler County Treasurer’s Office, El Dorado Motor Vehicle and Driver’s License Office locations open at 9 AM Tuesday, October 12th, and the Western Office will open at 9:30 am on October 12th. All offices will close at their normal times. Don’t forget to sign in to QLess before you head to a Motor Vehicle … Read more
The Arkansas City Police Department arrested an Ark City man Friday in connection with three burglaries that occurred while the occupants were at church. Cristian Alexis Vega-Alvarez, 18, was arrested on suspicion of three felony counts of burglary of a dwelling, three misdemeanor counts of theft of property totaling less than $1,500 in value, and … Read more
The Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) Taskforce Executive Committee appointed members to the group’s four advisory panels: Health and Education, Economic Revitalization, Connectivity, and Efficiency and Modernization.The advisory panels will gather information and feedback from Kansans, using that input to prepare proposals within each issue area for the most effective statewide distribution of federal … Read more
From USD 470 in Ark City: PreK parents/guardians, come and join the PreK staff and other PreK parents for the PreK Table Talk! This event is October 14 at Adams Elementary (1201 N 10th Street). You can come between 10-10:30 a.m. or 2-2:30 p.m. We plan to meet the second Thursday of each month for … Read more
The City-Cowley County Health Department is out with its latest COVID 19 update. September concluded with 592 residents contracting new cases of COVID-19. With several “end of summer” events now past we are hoping that case rates continue to decline as we prepare for the upcoming holiday months (November through January) that in 2020-21 were … Read more
A celebration of success for four graduates of Cowley College’s 2020-2021 paramedic program was held Wednesday, October 6 in the Earle N. Wright Community Room at the main campus in Arkansas City. The national job outlook for paramedics continues to be much higher than average, and the local job outlook remains extremely positive. Cowley currently … Read more
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant H.R. 133 Stimulus Program. This program is in addition to the traditional Specialty Crop Block Grant Program; awards for that program will be announced later this fall. Funds for both grant programs are awarded to the agency by the … Read more
The Community Music School at Southwestern College will be host to the String Builders debut performance on Monday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m., in Messenger Recital Hall in the Darbeth Fine Arts Building. There is no admission charge and the public is invited to attend. String Builders is a part of The SC Pre-College String … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly today announced the official launch of CONNEX™ Kansas, a new program from Kansas Manufacturing Solutions (KMS) and the Kansas Department of Commerce, designed to strengthen the Kansas manufacturing supply chain. CONNEX™ Kansas is an online manufacturer database and connectivity platform provided as a free resource for Kansas manufacturers. The platform is designed … Read more