News Staff The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is pleased to announce that the Community Health Promotion (CHP) team has received the State Partnerships Improving Nutrition & Equity (SPINE) Program Grant from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD). CHP was awarded $144,274 to support the one-year grant project. This grant project aims to … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly encourages Kansans to participate in this week’s KANSASWORKS Statewide Virtual Job Fair. The Virtual Job Fair will take place from 8 a.m. Wednesday, February 16, to 5 p.m. Thursday, February 17. This week’s KANSASWORKS Job Fair will be the 12th virtual event since 2020. The event will allow job seekers and businesses … Read more
The Winfield Police Department says another scam is making its way to our area. A Winfield resident received a call today claiming a relative had been injured in an accident. The caller was attempting to get the resident to go to a nearby convenience store and wire $10,000 to them to cover medical expenses. Thankfully, … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly announced 40 rural Kansas communities will receive Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) totaling more than $17.6 million to help support critical community development projects. The City of Ark City wil get $300,000 in Housing rehabilitation money. The awards are administered by the Kansas Department of Commerce and granted from the U.S. Department … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says as the Omicron variant continues to spread across Kansas, local health departments, providers, and community groups are continuing to hold free COVID-19 vaccine and testing clinics across the state. The Omicron variant poses a dangerous risk to communities across Kansas, but the important steps to prevent the … Read more
The Southwestern College theatre department will present “Antigone” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26, at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m., in the Richardson Performing Arts Center located on the main level of the Christy Administration Building. When her dead brother is declared a traitor, his body left exposed … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly announced legislation to expand Medicaid (KanCare), a law that would provide more than 150,000 hard-working Kansans access to affordable healthcare and create more than 23,000 new jobs, bolstering the Kansas economy. Under the proposed legislation introduced on February 9, Medicaid will be expanded to cover Kansans earning up to the full 138 … Read more
Winfield Police Department says they’ve been made aware of a scam circulating on Facebook, and several area residents have been impacted by it. Scammers are gaining access to Facebook users’ accounts and then using promised payouts through Cash app to entice others into falling for their scam. If someone you know is posting an easy … Read more
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved a settlement agreement outlining how Kansas Gas Service (KGS) will recover $366 million in deferred natural gas costs incurred during last February’s winter weather event. The utility, like others regulated by the KCC, was ordered to do everything possible to continue providing natural gas service to its customers, … Read more
The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded $2 million to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along the state’s most traveled highways. KDOT received 32 project proposals seeking to use $2 million of the state’s allocation of Volkswagen Mitigation Trust funds dedicated to the installation of Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC) stations. KDOT had identified … Read more