Roosevelt Elementary in Ark City moving to remote learning

An update from Ark City Schools, about COVID 19. The district put out a release last night saying, Following an additional review of COVID-19 cases and contact tracing within the building, it has been determined that Roosevelt Elementary School will transition to a remote learning model for one week. They plan for Roosevelt students to … Read more

Warning from law enforcement about suspicious phone calls

The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office said this weekend, it was notified by several citizens they are receiving phone calls in regards to suspicious activity on their personal banking accounts and should press 1 for more information. The caller also identifies as a customer service representative of the Federal reserve. The Sheriff’s office says, please do … Read more

Coronavirus variant now in Kansas

The state health department announced this week, it had confirmed a case of the U.K. variant of coronavius, in Ellis County, Kansas. Dr. Dana Hawkinson, director of infection control for the University of Kansas Health System, said there is a chance the U.K. variant is in Kansas City and surrounding areas. The A.P. said the … Read more

Viking Theater dept. seeks input

A note from the Winfield School District: The Viking Theater department is looking for some input. Where were you the day the world changed? They are looking for a few community members who are willing to share what they remember about the events on 9/11 so go with Viking Theatre’s virtual production of with their … Read more

Three people facing drug charges

Ark City police did a traffic stop involving a suspected stolen vehicle on Friday, and ended up arresting three residents on drug charges. 25 year old Jose Diaz, 33 year old Amber Meleise McHargue, and 67 year old Christopher Mark Kreidler, were arrested.

Planning Commission doing survey on comprehensive plan

The Arkansas City Planning Commission is in the early stages of rewriting the City’s Comprehensive Plan for the next decade. There will be a variety of public hearings and town hall-type meetings held later this year as part of that process. In the meantime, they really would like to begin the process of surveying the … Read more

Ark City HS performing Grease

Arkansas City High School’s performance of Grease is happening on February 4 at 7 p.m., Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Feb. 7 at 2 p.m! A note on the district’s Facebook page says due to COVID-19 restrictions, Grease isn’t fully open to the public. Each cast/crew member is allowed three guests … Read more

USD 465 updates WMS Covid Exposure

USD 465 – Winfield has given an update to the WMS COVID exposure that was announced on January 30th. District staff has continued with additional contact tracing, and has communicated directly with those staff and students directly involved. Due to the number of staff involved with quarantining, WMS will remain on remote learning (level 3); … Read more

Some Ark City students return to in person learning

Ark City Schools remind, Starting today students in grades PreK-5 will begin attending school in-person four days per week with Wednesdays being remote learning days. Students in grades 6-12 will return to the A/B Hybrid Model and attend school in-person TWO days per week. Group A attends Monday and Tuesday while Group B will attend … Read more