The investigation continues into the explosion and fire that destroyed a Downs home and sent 58-year old Nyla Powell to the burn unit at St. Francis-Via Christie Hospital in Wichita late last week. When the State Fire Marshal’s Office reported this past Monday that an accelerant was found at the fire scene, the investigation became a criminal investigation involving the ... Read More »
The Annual Post Rock Extension District Wheat Tour takes place next week. It’s scheduled for Wednesday, May 22nd and will provide the opportunity this year for local producers to view over 25 varieties of wheat in 5-counties. There will be stops at 7-district wheat plots. The stops in Smith and Lincoln Counties will begin at 8:30-AM, the Jewell and Osborne ... Read More »
How dangerous is it in the workplace in Kansas? A new report using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has the Sunflower State close to the top of the list tied with West Virginia at number-10 nationally in 2011. Kansas had a rate of 5.9% that year; considerably above the national average which came in at 3.6%. The ... Read More »
A 50-year old Concordia woman was critically injured late Tuesday afternoon in a 2-vehicle accident that took place in Belleville. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol Accident Report narrative, Elizabeth M. Taylor from Concordia was northbound in the turning lane of U.S. Highway 81 at the U.S. 81 and 18th Street intersection in Belleville attempting to make a right hand ... Read More »
Security has been the primary topic at the last several Beloit USD 273 School Board meeting but, as the saying goes – “Talk is cheap!” The school board stopped talking Monday evening and, “… put its money where its mouth was.” The board voted to purchase school security systems from File Safe and Wayne Huggins. The board voted unanimously to ... Read More »
With temperatures reaching the 90’s over much of the state yesterday, area wheat producers are beginning to seriously look ahead to the upcoming winter wheat harvest. A new government report just out says just under half the Kansas winter wheat crop shows no damage from the unusually late hard freezes that 3-times marked the month of April. Kansas Agricultural Statistics ... Read More »
The Jewell County Commissioners got a visit from a representative from the county’s health insurer – K-Works out of Topeka at their Monday morning meeting this week. The visit from the company’s Deputy Administrator and Loss Prevention Specialist Carl Eyman who was there to present the county with a plaque for exceptional loss ratios for fiscal year 2011. Eyman followed ... Read More »
The lawyers are weighing-in on a plan the Kansas Legislature is considering that would radically change the way members of the State Supreme Court are chosen. The Kansas Bar Association opposes the governor-controlled nominating commission that would select the state’s Appellate Judges and Supreme Court justices. The organization’s Board of Governors met this week and issued a statement saying, “The ... Read More »
At the top of the news – information that comes out of the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office in Topeka. The house fire that sent 58-year old Nyla Powell of Downs to a burn unit at a Wichita Hospital late last Thursday evening has been ruled incendiary. That was the word from Rose Rozmiarek the Chief of Investigations at the ... Read More »
Rock Hills Jr.-Sr. High School Activities Director Sam Myers moves into the “big chair” in his building. At the Rock Hills USD 107 May Board of Education meeting yesterday evening, the board unanimously approved a contract that will make Myers the 7-through-12 Building Principal in the next school year. Myers replaces Allen Walter who is leaving the district after 10-years ... Read More »
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