The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has scheduled a workshop on December 13 at 9:30 a.m. to give Evergy officials an opportunity to explain a dramatic increase in the company’s capital expenditure projections. The plan, filed earlier this year, showed an increase of $1.2 billion compared to projections shared when the company presented its Sustainability Transformation … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly announced that small businesses can now apply to receive COVID-19 Retail Storefront Property Tax Relief. In June, Governor Kelly signed bipartisan House Bill 2136, investing $50 million to help small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Retail Storefront Property Tax Relief Program is funded through the federal American Rescue Plan … Read more
The State Child Death Review Board this week reported that Kansas recorded an increase in the number of drug-related deaths in children age 0-17, including a rapid rise related to fentanyl. The board’s just-released annual report analyzes the deaths of Kansas children (birth through 17 years old) that occurred in calendar year 2020, the most … Read more
With Cowley College’s Board of Trustees recently approving the addition of a NIRA-sanctioned rodeo team at its Sumner Campus, more than 150 people attended the Boots and Black Tie Gala fundraising kickoff at the Sumner Campus in Wellington. The event featured a social hour, dinner, and a presentation from new Cowley College president, Dr. Randy … Read more
Students in Cowley College’s ACES (Academic Civic Engagement through Service) program will conduct a benefit Pulled Pork Dinner on Wednesday, October 12. The benefit dinner is made possible with the help of the Optimist Club of Arkansas City. The meal is carry out only at lunch and dinner. Lunch, packaged and ready to go, can … Read more
Kansas Poet Laureate Huascar Medina emceed the Words Save Lives event hosted by the Creative Writing program at Cowley College earlier this week. Medina has participated in the Words Save Lives program since it was established in 2014 in Lawrence, Kansas, by Marcia Epstein, LMSW, on World Suicide Prevention Day. After being awarded the American … Read more
Southwestern College has announced that Saturday’s football game versus McPherson College will be Family Day. No admission charge will be taken and the community is invited to attend the game in Richard L. Jantz Stadium. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. “It is going to be a beautiful Saturday at Jantz Stadium and we invite the … Read more
Each year the Arkansas City Police Department sponsors a two-night event to connect with the community in hopes of reducing crime. National Night Out has been a fixture in Arkansas City for over two decades. The event begins with a Kick-Off Party on Monday, October 3rd held in Wilson Park from 5 p.m. to 8 … Read more
On September 27, 2022 The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 33000 block of US 77 Highway for a one vehicle roll over accident. The driver, Eric Michael Andes, 49 of Winfield, was driving a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee northbound on US 77 Highway when it left the roadway and rolled several times … Read more
Raising awareness about the homeless in Cowley County, Cowley College students in the ACES (Academic Civic Engagement through Service) program recently spent a night on the streets. The event was in conjunction with A House of Hope fundraiser. Cowley House of Hope’s mission is to provide temporary housing, meals, and assistance in finding resources to … Read more