News Staff The Butler County Appraiser’s Office would like to remind property owners that to avoid filing penalties March 15, 2023, is the deadline date to report your tangible personal property or to return the 2023 Property Worksheet to the County Appraiser’s Office (K.S.A. 79-1422). April 1, 2023, is the deadline date to return Oil Assessment Renditions … Read more
SCK is excited to partner with RCB Bank in presenting the 2023 SCK Health Foundation Gala. The event will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in the historic Burford Theater in downtown Arkansas City. RCB is the presenting sponsor with a donation of $10,000. The inaugural event in 2022 netted the foundation $86,000. The … Read more
The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office will not call you to collect money in any capacity. If you get a phone call from someone stating they are with the Sheriff’s Office and you owe money for fees, have a warrant or need to bond someone out…this is false. Please hang up immediately and contact the local … Read more
The Kansas Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the spring 2023 round of the agency’s Cost Share Program. More than $110 million has been given to Kansas communities since the Cost Share Program’s began in 2019. The Cost Share Program provides financial assistance to local entities for construction projects that improve safety, leverage … Read more
USD 470 Families, if you haven’t already, please consider taking a few minutes to complete this short Family Engagement Survey. The link is up on the Facebook page for USD 470. Your input will help guide our planning and enhance the education experience.
Governor Laura Kelly announced that EMP Shield, an industry leader in protecting electronic devices from destructive magnetic pulses, plans to invest $1.9 billion in a computer chip manufacturing facility in Burlington. The facility will create more than 1,200 jobs averaging $66,000 annually. EMP Shield will build its facility on 300 acres in a secure campus … Read more
The Ark City PD says beginning February 20 through March 3, the Arkansas City Police Department will join other law enforcement agencies in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma with increased enforcement near high schools to raise awareness of roadway safety. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens (15-18 years old) in the … Read more
The Cowley County Fire District says BE ON THE LOOKOUT. They said: It seems that someone is setting grass fires around Burden. We responded to a grass fire north and east of Burden Sunday afternoon that was intentionally and maliciously set. With assistance from our friends at Atlanta and Cambridge Fire, we were able to … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly celebrated accomplishments of the Kansas aviation industry during the annual Aviation Day at the Capitol. Stakeholders from across the state assembled to discuss jobs, infrastructure, and emerging technologies as part of the event held by the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education. Kansas has the third largest … Read more
Beatrice Marovich, writer and academic who teaches in the department of theology at Hanover College in Hanover, Ind., will deliver the Beck Lecture at Southwestern College on Wednesday, March 1, at 5 p.m. in Messenger Auditorium in the Darbeth Fine Arts Center. The public is invited to attend and there is no admission charge. The … Read more