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As they weigh ethics policy, commissioners list gifts they've received

BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Today at 2:02 a.m.

A constituent once bought Gwen Welshimer a plant decorated with little plastic deer as a thank-you gift for helping get a deer crossing sign.

  • City to use stimulus money to help homeless

    BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 7 at 12:07 a.m.

    A new program that offers financial help to people who are homeless or are about to become homeless will start Monday.

  • County pays more to jail consultants

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 5 at 6:55 a.m.

    Justice Concepts Inc., a consultant that missed its deadline to reduce the Sedgwick County Jail's population by 25 percent, will receive additional money for work it says it did outside its contract.

  • No extra money to fix roads

    BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 4 at 6:06 a.m.

    A few months ago, it looked like Wichita's streets would get a boost from an additional $2.5 million in the city's budget.

  • Kelly Parks' FBI comment mystifies other commissioners

    BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 4 at 1:36 a.m.

    Near the end of a long discussion about a code of ethics for Sedgwick County commissioners Tuesday, Chairman Kelly Parks said he had turned "stuff" over to the FBI and implied an investigation was under way.

  • Kellogg, Rock interchange opens this week

    BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 3 at 5:46 a.m.

    Traffic will begin moving through the new Kellogg-Rock Road interchange this week.

  • Council to vote Tuesday on planned riverbank improvements

    BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 1 at 1:31 a.m.

    The city is poised to build an elaborate set of paths, landscaping and lighting along the Arkansas River at Douglas.

  • City-county salary gap significant

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 1 at 1:20 a.m.

    If Jim Skelton were to move across the street and serve Sedgwick County instead of Wichita, he'd earn about $50,000 more a year.

  • Handing over the keys to Intrust Bank Arena

    BY FRED MANN, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 31 at 8:25 a.m.

    Now that the Intrust Bank Arena has been built, it's time to learn how to run it.

  • County voids SMG's Coliseum contract

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 29 at 1:09 a.m.

    Sedgwick County will take over management of the Kansas Coliseum again after commissioners relieved SMG of its contract to manage the complex Wednesday.

  • County may be crawling out of recession

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 29 at 6:12 a.m.

    Sedgwick County may be in the beginning stages of an economic recovery, based on indicators such as building permits, layoffs and unemployment figures, the county's chief financial officer told commissioners Wednesday.

  • Taiwan may ease beef restrictions

    By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | Oct. 29 at 1:09 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Gov. Mark Parkinson said Wednesday that he has been assured Taiwan will soon ease restrictions on imports of U.S. beef.

  • Proposals for Coliseum face questioning

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 28 at 6:32 a.m.

    At least one Sedgwick County commissioner thinks it's a "distinct" possibility he won't endorse either proposal to develop the Kansas Coliseum.

  • Wink Hartman withraws coliseum proposal

    BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 27 at 5:14 p.m.

    The simplest proposal pitched for the future of the Kansas Coliseum is off the table, leaving Sedgwick County commissioners with two more ambitious ideas to examine.

  • Public can comment online about Coliseum proposals

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 26 at 1:18 a.m.

    The public this week will get its first chance to learn more — and comment — about proposals to develop the Kansas Coliseum.

  • Arnold files for commission seat in District 1

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 24 at 2:57 a.m.

    Wichita school board member Betty Arnold is the latest candidate to file for a seat on the Sedgwick County Commission.

  • Layton raises issue of city trash franchising

    BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 26 at 5:58 a.m.

    The city of Wichita is working on a plan that would limit your ability choose a trash hauler but could trim your trash bill.

  • Hundreds of people affected by state's backlog

    BY DION LEFLER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 22 at 5:39 a.m.

    Beset by a nerve disorder brought on by diabetes, Michael Lentz can't drive, work or walk more than a few steps. But with some assistance from the state, he is able to home-school his 9-year- old daughter, Mariah.

  • City to lay off fewer than anticipated

    BY BRENT D. WISTROM, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 22 at 5:38 a.m.

    When the city made cuts in August to offset a projected $13 million shortfall, it looked like about 35 employees could be laid off.

  • County will lease mall space for H1N1 clinic

    BY DEB GRUVER, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 22 at 12:09 a.m.

    Sedgwick County will begin offering a free mass H1N1 vaccination clinic at the Wichita Mall on Harry Street sometime next week.

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