Irving Elementary gets award from SC Philanthropy Board

The Southwestern College Philanthropy Board (SCPB), in cooperation with the Non-profit Leadership Class at Southwestern College, is pleased to announce it has awarded an $800 grant to Irving Elementary School in Winfield. These funds will support the Outdoor Learning Classroom at Irving. Irving Elementary administration expressed a need to help students learn skills to calm … Read more

Watch for extra law enforcement

Beginning Saturday, Nov. 19, through Monday, Nov. 27, 2022, the Arkansas City Police Department will join many other law enforcement agencies across the state, including the Kansas Highway Patrol, in the Kansas Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign. Although all Kansas Traffic Laws will be enforced, this additional provision will actively enforce our occupant protection … Read more

AG Announces settlement with Google

Kansas Derek Schmidt today announced a settlement with Google over its location tracking practices related to account settings, resulting in an agreement by the internet search provider to alter its business practices to safeguard personal identification information of consumers. The agreement is related to Google’s location data as it pertains to its digital advertising business. … Read more

Smith-Willson Lecturer set

Karen V. Guth, associate professor of Religious Studies and is affiliated with the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Peace and Conflict Studies programs at the College of the Holy Cross, will be the featured speaker for Southwestern College’s Smith-Willson lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. in Messenger Recital Hall in the … Read more

Virtual job fair coming up

Governor Laura Kelly invites job-seekers and employers to participate in the upcoming Statewide Virtual Job fair, hosted by KANSASWORKS, from 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 16, to 5:00 p.m. Thursday, November 17. Registration is required in order to participate in the event, regardless of previous participation. The Virtual Statewide Job Fair portal features a Job Seeker … Read more

New Poet Laureate named

Governor Laura Kelly announced today that the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission (KCAIC) has selected Traci Brimhall as the 2023-2026 Poet Laureate of Kansas. Brimhall, a professor and Director of Creative Writing at Kansas State University, will become the state’s eighth Poet Laureate when her four-year term begins on January 1. As the new Poet … Read more

Sumner campus hosts coffee with FFA Foundation

Traveling the state of Kansas for the past six months spreading awareness on what is happening in Kansas FFA (Future Farmers of America), members of the Kansas FFA Foundation visited with local business and industry leaders during a Coffee with the Kansas FFA Foundation event held Thursday in the Short Community Room located on the … Read more

Free COVID tests available

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation’s public charity, RF Catalytic Capital and Project Access to Covid Tests (Project ACT), is providing a second round of free at-home COVID-19 tests to households in all Kansas communities. All Kansas households can now visit AccessCovidTests.org to place an order for … Read more

Gas line purging and pipeline maintenance set for Monday

Officials from Mobile Energy Solutions and Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline announced this week that they will conduct line purging and scheduled pipeline maintenance from Monday, Nov. 14 to Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Arkansas City. Officials with both companies say that the maintenance and line purging will occur between the Orscheln Farm and Home and Walmart … Read more