The time to start classes at Cowley College might just be May of 2022. The college, based in Arkansas City with a campus in Wellington, is offering free tuition in May for Cowley and Sumner County residents as part of the Community Appreciation Tuition Scholarship.
When a few local buildings were recently vandalized, members of the Wellington community lamented the trouble with today’s youth. However, as part of Wellington High School Service Day 2022, a group of students is transforming part of the ugliness into an Impressionist inspired mural in Wellington’s downtown.
Annarose White, a certified Laura Heine Collage Instructor at the Beehive Quilt Shop, teaches students the “Sunflowers” collage quilt pattern. There are less than 100 collage teachers in the world and Annarose is the only certified Laura Heine collage instructor in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Sunflower collage project featured over 68 fabrics and when completed measures 33” X 42”. Completing a fabric collage does not require that participants know how to quilt. Of the 17 students, more than 9 communities were represented. The Beehive Quilt Shop & Bee Creative Toy’s opened in Historic downtown Wellington in March 2018 and offers a variety of classes for every level of expertise. The shop is home to 6,000 bolts of fabric in a 6,000 square foot location with two classrooms. Photos by Rhonda Newberry
TOPEKA — The Kansas unemployment rate remained steady at 2.5% in March while inflation eclipsed wage improvements to produce a decline in real earnings, state labor officials said Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for the state held at the February level after diminishing far below the 3.5% recorded in March 2021, based on estimates by the Kansas Department of Labor and the U.S.
Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services (LMIS) division of the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.5% in March. This was unchanged from 2.5% in February and a decrease from 3.5% in March 2021.
Governor Laura Kelly announced that Stomata Development’s “Community 101 – Co-working and Event Center” project in Historic Downtown Wellington has been awarded a Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) grant in the amount of $574,875.
When a few local buildings were recently vandalized, members of the Wellington community lamented the trouble with today’s youth. However, as part of Wellington High School Service Day 2022, a group of students is transforming part of the ugliness into an Impressionist inspired mural in Wellington’s downtown.
The Mudbugs Cajun Zydeco Band perform at the Art at the Arb event at the Bartlett Arboretum in Belle Plaine Sunday. The weekend-long celebration of springtime featured local artists, live music, blooming tulips, great food and the arboretum’s amazing garden landscapes. Photo by Rhonda Newberry.
CLARKSON VALLEY, Mo. — When the pediatrician recommended Lisa Pascoe have her then-toddler tested for lead poisoning, she thought there was no way he could be at risk. Everything in her South St. Louis home had been remodeled.
TOPEKA — U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran celebrated Monday unanimous adoption by the Senate of legislation commemorating work in all communities that contributed to the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional the “separate but equal” educational system.