News Staff East Central Electric Cooperative says East Central contractors will be working in the Bixby area over the next two weeks replacing poles and upgrading our overhead lines. Crews will be starting at 141st & S. Harvard and working south for ½ mile. This area includes Springtree Estates, Dutchers Crossings, Pine Valley, and Gray Oaks. You … Read more
Cowley College is looking for a new athletic director. The college announced that Shane Larson will be leaving Arkansas City to become the new athletic director at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA. During the 2020-2021 season, every Tiger athletic program was ranked among the top-20 teams in the country during some point … Read more
A monthly survey of bankers in states that include Kansas shows optimism about the Midwest economy. The overall Rural Mainstreet economic index dropped from 78.8 in May to 70 in June, but any score above 50 suggests a growing economy. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who supervises the survey, said Kansas was among the states … Read more
A public hearing will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the Kansas Department of Agriculture, 1320 Research Park Dr. in Manhattan, regarding the issuance of a permanent statewide quarantine of weed species that have been designated noxious by federal regulation. The proposed quarantine would replace KDA’s existing Federal Noxious Weed … Read more
The electric substation in Winfield is going to be replaced. A project would involve building a new Tie Substation on city-owned property just east of the current substation, according to ctnewsonline.com. The project is expected to cost about 11 million dollars. Guidance, the transmission partner, will cover almost two-thirds of the cost, and the city … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly encouraged Kansas families who normally aren’t required to file an income tax return to use a new online tool to quickly register for the expanded Child Tax Credit under the American Rescue Plan. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced this week that the new Non-filer Sign-up … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Sedgwick County Health Department are in the preliminary stages of investigating several individuals with diarrheal illness who had visited Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kan., just west of Wichita. KDHE became aware of the possible link between the cases on Friday, June 18 and began … Read more
The Arkansas City Police Department responded to a call on Friday involving an Arkansas City man who was considered an armed and dangerous suspect. Christopher Logan Strychalski, 29, of Arkansas City, later was arrested in Oklahoma on suspicion of aggravated battery, criminal threat and discharge of a firearm into an occupied residence. An Arkansas City … Read more
The Ark City Chamber BBQ Bash is set for June 25th, at the Chestnut Avenue Venue, from 5 until 10 p.m. The deadline to get tickets is Monday, June 21st. Happy Hour is 5 until 6pm, with the event 6 until 10 p.m., and the band plays from 7 until 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 … Read more
El Dorado Kansas Police Department says: If you’re planning a Fourth of July block party, you’ll need to submit your Special Event application by June 23 for approval. Once approved, a $25 fee for barricades will be charged. Block Party barricades are first come, first served. Find the application online or stop by City Hall … Read more