The Arkansas City Police Department arrested an Arkansas City man Friday in connection with a homegrown methamphetamine lab endangering children. A release from the police department says Kevin Michael McKnown, 33, was arrested on suspicion of felony manufacturing of methamphetamine and four counts of aggravated child endangerment. Prior to Friday, Arkansas City police had been … Read more
The City-Cowley County Health Department says, they are excited to be in phase 2 of vaccine distribution. The agency said on Facebook, while we aren’t getting the amounts of vaccine we would need to vaccinate everyone in this group right now, we are working diligently to do as many as possible with the doses we … Read more
USD 470 – Arkansas City Public Schools announced that starting today, January 29th, the district will allow a maximum of four spectators per participant in an Arkansas City High School event. The district will follow AVCTL guidelines and not exceed 25 percent capacity at a venue. Arkansas City Middle School will maintain its current guidelines. … Read more
A note from the Winfield school district, for families at Winfield Early Learning Center. The district put on Facebook, on Wednesday they were notified that WELC staff may have had a COVID related exposure. They are in the process of conducting internal contact tracing regarding this exposure. Meanwhile, the WELC will be on remote learning … Read more
The USD 470 Early Literacy Initiative is making Ready Rosie available to all Cowley County residents. Ready Rosie is an early education tool designed for families with children ages birth through third grade. A release from the district says it provides caregivers with fun activities that are connected to specific,age-appropriate learning outcomes and helps families … Read more
USD 465 school district leaders this week agreed to work with the State Department of Health and Environment and Wichita State University to offer COVID-19 testing. District nurses will collect specimens in school buildings, and the labs at Wichita State will read the tests, and get the results back to the districts within 24 hours, … Read more
This week, the USD 470 Board of Education authorized the district to begin offering non-invasive BiNax Now COVID-19 testing in school buildings. A post on the district’s facebook page says these non-invasive tests are most accurate on days two through five of symptoms and will allow trained personnel to test symptomatic individuals at school – … Read more
The Ark City School District says Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up the week of February 22-26, 2021. With safety in mind, all schools are encouraging virtual or phone conferences but in-person options are available. Please be on the lookout for additional information from your child’s school regarding scheduling a conference. Due to conferences, there is … Read more
Winfield police say, a Winfield resident has reported another scam involving requests for gift cards. Winfield Police said on their Facebook page, the resident received a phone call from an unknown person claiming that they had the resident’s banking information. They told the resident they planned on withdrawing funds from their account if a $500 … Read more
The Optimists of Arkansas City have issued a call for entries into the 2021 Optimist International Essay Writing Contest. A local winner will receive a $500 scholarship. A release says the contest gives young people the opportunity to express their views on a central topic, develop writing skills, and compete for multiple college scholarships. The … Read more