The Ark City Chamber of Commerce is are seeking hosts for Chamber Coffee for 2024. Chamber Coffee is held on Thursdays at 10am and is a great way to present what your business/organization does to the community. You will get the chance to present your information and any promotional material to the attendees. It can … Read more
USD 470 reminds that Winter Break has started. Students will not have school from December 18, 2023, through January 3, 2024. In the meantime, students are staying busy learning and enjoying various activities.
The Ark City City Commission has a meeting set for tomorrow night at 530 p.m. The agenda is out. It includes a financial summary of November of 2023. They’ll consider a resultion authorizing the city of Ark City to accept a bid submitted by Schaefer Architecture of Wichita regarding the proposed recplex, for a city … Read more
Just a reminder for USD 465 that the Special Services Offices are temporarily closed. They are moving to a new location. The new location will be 1809 Main Street in Winfield. Offices will be closed until January 3rd.
Reminder from USD 470 that Winter Break is coming right up! Students will not have school from December 18, 2023, through January 3, 2024. In the meantime, students are staying busy learning and enjoying various activities.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS), has identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two egg layer facilities – one in McPherson County and one in Rice County. This marks five cases of HPAI in Kansas this fall; since the start … Read more
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) Secretary Laura Howard announced today that the agency and Sedgwick County will host a public town hall meeting tonight, to answer questions regarding the South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital project in Sedgwick County and gather input on potential sites from the community. The town hall will be … Read more
SCK Health is pleased to announce that Mr. Leonard Hernandez has accepted the role of CEO for SCK Health and has signed an initial 2-year agreement. Mr. Hernandez began the job on December 11th. Hernandez has spent more than 40 years in healthcare, mostly in leadership roles at small Kansas hospitals. Hernandez has held the … Read more
Kansas is about to implement another drop in the state’s sales tax on groceries next month. Governor Laura Kelly signed the “Axe the Food Tax” legislation in May 2022. The law dropped the tax from 6.5% to 4% in January 2023. It will drop again to 2% on January 1, 2024 and to zero in … Read more
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a stream advisory for a stream locally known as Four Mile Creek, Wichita, Sedgwick County, running east of K-96 between points near 21st Street North and Crestview Country Club near 13th Street. The stream advisory is due to wastewater overflow resulting in elevated levels of … Read more