Ark City, KS
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Today
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Here's What's Happening

WINFIELD COMMISSIONERS APPROVE SEWER PROJECT

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Winfield City Commissioners met Monday, and voted to approve a sewer improvement project. According to a report today in the local newspaper, the commission voted unanimously…. 3 to 0…. to add the project to the city’s capital improvement plan. It involves the complete replacement... Read More.

METEOR VISIBLE OVER 12 STATES INCLUDING KANSAS

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What many locals thought at first was a plane crash, turns out to most likely have been a meteor. It happened earlier this month, when many in Cowley County reported a fireball. That fireball was so bright, it was actually visible far beyond Cowley…... Read More.

CHARGES PENDING AGAINST GLOVER AFTER KNIFE THREAT

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Charges are said to be pending against a man who Chautauqua County deputies say tried to attack them with a knife. That man… Erin Glover remains behind bars, with bond set at $150,000, after he was taken into custody for threatening deputies with a... Read More.

HIGH HONORS FOR ARK CITY-NAMED FINALIST NATION WIDE

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Out of a pool of nearly 12,000 nominations, Arkansas City has been named a Top 20 Finalist to be featured in the next season of Small Business Revolution – Main Street. The chosen community will receive a $500,000 revitalization grant and be featured in... Read More.

WINFIELD NEGOTIATIONS AT A STAND STILL

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Negotiations on a partnership between Winfield and GridLiance aimed at assisting Winfield with financing some planned electric transmission projects have stalled. At issue… the right of first refusal. According to the local newspaper, Winfield and GridLiance… of Texas… last June entered into a nonbinding... Read More.

ARK CITY MAN KILLED IN HEAD-ON SEMI CRASH

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An Arkansas City man is dead after being involved in a Wednesday morning crash in Kiowa County that involved two tractor trailers. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 38 year old Justin Wise was one of three people killed when one of the semis... Read More.

VOTES ARE OFFICIAL

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A re-canvas of last week’s midterm election in Cowley and Sumner counties didn’t change the final results. All the winners that were said to have won when the polls closed, are still the winners… only now it is official. That includes the race for... Read More.

MAN WITH KNIFE JAILED

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A man who officers say threatened deputies with a knife in Cedar Vale Tuesday afternoon, is in the Chautauqua County jail. That man, whose name is not yet being released, is reported to have barricaded himself in a room in the Cedar Vale Lodge... Read More.

WINFIELD TO STEP UP SCHOOL SECURITY

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School security is getting a boost, after the Winfield board of education on Monday, approved purchase of automatic access control and physical lock upgrades. Funding received from a Kansas State Department of Education grant award for Safe and Secure Schools will be used to... Read More.