Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced that Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., plans to build one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facilities of its kind in the United States in Kansas. Pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors, the company has identified a site in De Soto for the potential project. The … Read more
– The Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board will hold its initial organizational meeting on July 14 to begin discussion of the process for distributing funds to combat opioid and other addictions in Kansas, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. Under the Kansas Fights Addiction Act, proposed by Schmidt and enacted last year by … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly today awarded $4.1 million in Community Service Tax Credits (CSP) to bolster the fundraising efforts of 29 nonprofit organizations across Kansas that improve local access to quality child care, healthcare, education, arts, and housing. The administration continued its ongoing commitment to addressing the child care shortage by including almost $1 million specifically … Read more
Drivers on the nation’s highways may find themselves under the watchful eye of law enforcement a little more than usual this week. Operation Safe Driver Week is being observed July 10-16. The goal of the yearly observance, started by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), is to reduce the number of crashes involving commercial trucks … Read more
Achieving a 3.6-grade point average or higher, 80 Cowley College student-athletes were named 2021-2022 NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Award recipients. Twenty-one Cowley athletes posted grade point averages of 4.0 and received First Team All-Academic honors. Twenty-three Tiger athletes earned Second Team All-Academic honors by achieving a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99, while 36 were named Third … Read more
USD 470 – Arkansas City Public Schools says You may enroll your children at any Ark City public school from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 27 and 28 OR current students may enroll online via PowerSchool starting July 18. At enrollment, you can sign up for school, learn about activities, apply for free/reduced-price … Read more
Arkansas City Area Chamber of Commerce reminds that Tuesday, July 12th from 4-6:30 is the Ark City Farmers Market. Come down to the Wilson Park Rotunda for fresh produce, unique products, yummy food and music.
USD 465 Enrollment is now open. Please either login into your PowerSchool Parent Portal or visit usd465.com and click on “Enrollment” in the blue banner, and then click on the “Current Student Enrollment” block. If your student(s) were not enrolled in a USD 465 school at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, then please … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly tomorrow is set to join Sedgwick County leaders and mental health professionals to celebrate the passage of bipartisan legislation that creates the 9-8-8 crisis hotline for Kansans experiencing mental health emergencies. She will deliver brief remarks. Nationally, the hotline launches July 16th. The current National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number will still people … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), working with the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment, has identified a presumptive positive case of monkeypox in Kansas based on testing at the Kansas Health and Environment Laboratories. This is the first presumptive positive case in Kansas. The patient is an adult resident in Johnson … Read more