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🎤Hays Commission says no to Ellis Co. Historical Society increased funding request
Hays city commissioners said no Thursday to the Ellis County Historical Society's request for doubled city funding in 2025. In an appearance before the commission last month, executive director Amanda Rupp presented the group's request, one of nine nonprofit groups asking for city funds. The historical society requested $42,272, slightly...
Kansas State football recruiting: 2025 commit tracker and predictions
Kansas State had never been a program with the highest recruits, but they are a program that knows how to take lower-star players and make them elite. However, things are changing with Chris Klieman at the helm. Recruiting in all sports is so important and college football is no different...
Lyon County Commission – 2nd District: Ronald W. McCoy
Occupation: Business Owner - President of A-1 Pump & Jet Services, Inc. I feel that with my 40+ years of managerial experience, I am in a position to bring a more professional managerial approach to the position and the council as a whole. What do you see as the county...
Altrusa Hosts 4th Annual Golf Tournament
The 4th Annual Altrusa Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, July 13. The corporate sponsor of the tournament is Mueller Waterworks/Pratt Division. Nineteen 4-person teams competed in the 18-hole scramble event. The golf tournament raised over $9,000 to go toward Altrusa projects including SOS, scholarships, literacy and various other local projects.
Saline County Jail Bookings, July 20
REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Outside warrant/NCIC hit, Use/poss drug paraphernalian/human body and Poss of opiate, narcotic, or certain stimulant. REQUESTED CHARGE(S): In transit from Sheffield, Alamaba. NAME: Matlock, Joshua Aaron. REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Probation Violation. NAME: Nolte, Jan-Hendrik. REQUESTED CHARGE(S): Driving under influence of alcohol or drugs Unknown severity. NAME: Skelton, Katy Danielle.
The Junction City 515 Report
It is hard to not wax poetic as I draft this 5-15 report. I sit in the brief chasm between 9 and a half years of a 34+ year veteran of city administration and Monday morning where the interim city manager arrives in-person. I figured that the City would be sailing smoothly over just four days upon Allen Dinkel’s retirement.
Sky Ryders Drum Corps are back in Hutchinson
By Kate Irelan Most people know what a half-time show at a high school football game is like. The student band does an incredible job performing, entertaining, and energizing the crowd. Take that experience and amp it up to a Super Bowl level of six […]
NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing the 11 teams in play for 4-star C Eric Reibe
Like many other teams in NCAA basketball, Kansas Jayhawks have largely shifted their focus toward the transfer portal instead of incoming recruits. However, their impact on recruiting should never be underestimated. After this season, the Jayhawks will see the departure of 2x consensus All-American Hunter Dickinson, making a viable path for Reibe to make an instant impact for the Jayhawks in 2025-26.
Rodeo time in Junction City
( Photos by Anthony Gorges ) The Junction City Rodeo opened Friday night. There were events ranging from bull riding to the calf scramble. The rodeo continues Saturday evening at 7:30 at the arena on South Spring Valley Road. There is a Special Needs Rodeo from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday.
Mega-RIAs Will Grow to Rival Wirehouses in Next Decade: Mariner's Bicknell
Your article was successfully shared with the contacts you provided. The number of RIAs has grown rapidly in the past several years, but none has become as vast as a sprawling wirehouse. Not yet. Marty Bicknell offers an authoritative prediction. “In five to 10 years, there will be a handful...
CEO of reStart Plans to Renovate Hotel into Homeless Center
The non-profit organization, reStart, is in the process of repurposing a La Quinta hotel in Lenexa, KS into a homeless center. reStart assists individuals at risk of and experiencing homelessness through prevention, straight outreach, and by providing temporary and permanent housing. reStart also provides clinical and unemployment services to unhoused individuals with their goal being to provide an exit from homelessness. reStart CEO, Stephanie Boyer, believes Johnson County has been making strides to help the unhoused in the community.
Lawrence Arts Center’s Red Dancer sculpture has gone on vacation
The Lawrence Arts Center’s iconic Red Dancer sculpture stirred up the staff and community members with her sudden disappearance, but fortunately she has simply gone on vacation from her home in front of the building. The sculpture, donated by Jan Gaumnitz, has sat in the same location in front...
Former Jayhawk guard Nic Timberlake signs professional contract
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - The transfer from Towson and playing one year for Kansas, Timberlake will head to Portugal. According to KU Sports’ Henry Greenstein, Timberlake’s agent confirmed the news. Timberlake struggled during his time in Lawrence but came on late with the injury to Kevin McCullar Jr....
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