The City of Augusta Water Division will be conducting a free-chlorine burn to disinfect the water distribution system from July 11 to August 8, 2022. Water utilities with chloramine disinfection use free-chlorine burns and system flushes to provide routine maintenance.
Danielle Wilson has been named Director of Adult Services for the non-profit Capper Foundation’s South Central Kansas service area (El Dorado and Winfield/ Arkansas City). She had been serving as interim director.
August is National Breastfeeding Month and the Butler County Health Department is celebrating by hosting their annual “Baby Jubilee” on August 3, 2022, from 4-6 p.m. The event is an infant health fair for expectant parents and will be located at the Community Building (4-H), 206 N. Griffith St, El Dorado.
The action was taken over the officers’ involvement in racist and violent text messages. After reopening a case about racist and violent text messages sent by Wichita Police officers, Interim Police Chief Lemuel Moore announced Thursday that three officers have been suspended without pay.
WASHINGTON — More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places.
Sedgwick County will no longer prosecute people for possessing fentanyl test strips, Sheriff Jeff Easter said at a town hall Thursday night at Wichita State University. The strips allow people to check whether recreational drugs contain fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that can be deadly even in small amounts.
It’s ironic how I checked my weather app multiple times daily as we harvested wheat in June. We wanted to get the crop out of the fields before the summer storms rolled in, which always offers the potential of damaging hail or winds and could put harvest on hold while things would need to dry up.
Without doubt, the cowboy is America’s national hero. Each year legendary Kansas cowboys are honored for their contributions to the western life as they are inducted into the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Dodge City. The Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame honors these individuals at a ceremony each year.
Could you imagine a classroom where students could individually pursue their passion and work on a project that matters to them? Genius Hour is that 60 minutes and is a modern educational trend that allows time to explore creativity and dive deep into a topic that a student is curious to learn more about.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, Woodrow Wilson was born in Virginia in 1856. He would later ascend into a leader of the Progressive Movement, following the mantra, “Make the world safe for democracy,” as he directed the American entrance into World War I.