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TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory for the city of Norton. The advisory was issued because of a line break resulting in a loss of pressure in the system. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.

Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.

Laboratory testing samples collected from the City of Norton indicate no evidence of contamination and all other conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be resolved.

WILSON — Law enforcement and fire officials  are investigating after a home explosion on 24th Street in the city of Wilson late Thursday.

There are only minor injuries reported, according to police in Wilson.

The Kansas Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause. Authorities released no additional details early Friday.

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

Tickets are now on sale for the ninth annual Downtown Hays Development Corp.’s Wines and Steins, which will be Friday, Sept. 7.

Only 300 tickets will be sold for the event and more than 100 have already been sold. Tickets are $50 each. You must be 21 years old or older to attend. Participants must check in and show ID. Each attendee will receive a commemorative Wines and Steins glass.

The event will feature hors d’oeuvres and beer and wine at downtown business. The event will be 6 to 11 p.m. with alcohol and food served from 6 to 9 p.m. at 15 downtown stops and an after party from 9 to 11 p.m. at the Fox Pavilion to include a silent and live auction.

Six locations will be premier stops and will feature selections from a specific brewery or vineyard.

“You are actually able to visit with the vineyards or visit with the brewers about the process and what you are drinking and why they choose it and maybe why the food is paired with it,” said Sara Bloom, DHDC director, “so it is more of a prestigious stop that you get to interact with the people who actually created the drinks that you are drinking.”

This year’s theme is Jazzin’ on the Bricks. The Brad Dawson Ensemble will be featured at the Fox. DHDC is still looking for a saxophone players to walk up and down Main and play during the event.

There will be a raffle this year. The prize is a gift card basket worth more than $400.

“This is an event that is looked forward to every year,” Bloom said. “We do sell out of tickets very quickly, and we are excited to feature new wineries and breweries as we can and to have a another wonderful year.

“We want to thank all of our sponsors whether they donated monetarily or in kind or with auction items. We really couldn’t do this without the support of the community. This is our second biggest fundraiser. Since we only have two (Brews on the Bricks is our biggest), it is vital to our organization’s continued operation, and we appreciate our community’s support as well as our sponsors’ support.”

Tickets can be purchased online on the DHDC website. You can also buy tickets in person at the new DHDC office on the first floor of the Chestnut Building, 1200 Main St.

Main Street will be closed for the event. The city will start placing cones to block downtown parking about noon. Streets will close to through traffic about 4 p.m.

By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post

Big Creek Crossing will again this year bring Food, Football and Fashion to Hays on Saturday, Aug. 25.

From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the mall will sponsor an outdoor food truck rally and vendor fair.

Among the foods offered will be Mexican, barbecue and snow cones.

From 1 to 3 p.m., the Fort Hays State University football team, 2017 MIAA champions, will sign autographs. The team will be joined by Coach Chris Brown, the FHSU cheerleaders and Victor E. Tiger.

At 3 p.m., several Big Creek Crossing stores will present a live fall fashion show.

After the fashion show, mannequins will replace the live models on the catwalk to display the latest fall fashions throughout the weekend.

Admittance to the event is free and open to public.

“It is something that is cool to go see and meet and greet the football team and Victor E. Tiger and all those guys,” Branson Hoffman, Big Creek marketing director, said. “This year we are especially excited because they are all champs, MIAA champs, and that is a pretty big deal. We are hoping for a pretty good turn out. We are really glad we can show off the football team and show our Tiger pride here.”

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OSBORNE — Join the Osborne Area Chamber of Commerce as they host the first annual Oz Street Fest, Saturday, Sept. 8, from 6 to midnight in downtown Osborne. The Oz Street Fest is the local Osborne Area Chamber of Commerce’s way to thank area residents for supporting their member businesses and raise funds for the various Chamber activities and events they host throughout the year. The Osborne Chamber is puts on numerous activities throughout the year like the annual Easter Egg Hunt, Yellow Brick Run, Independence Day barbecue and fireworks display, Halloween “Spook” Parade, and the Jolly Oz Holiday Event and Lighted Christmas Parade.

The Oz Street Fest will be a fun-filled evening held between the 100 and 200 blocks of West Main Street. The entire street will be blocked off from traffic so event goers can enjoy live music by Reckless Abandon and Adam Capps Band, great food and snacks from area vendors, a bouncy house and blow-up obstacle course for both young and old, and even a beer garden. The evening kicks off at 6 p.m. with the bouncy house and obstacle course and is followed by live music and beer garden starting at 7 p.m. The Oz Street Fest will conclude at Midnight.

Bring your friends and family (and your lawn chair) for a fun-filled evening in Osborne! Thank you for supporting the Osborne Area Chamber of Commerce and its mission to make Osborne a great place in which to live, work, and do business! For additional information, visit the Osborne Chamber’s section of the Discover Osborne website (discoverosborne.com) or visit the Chamber’s Facebook page (facebook.com/OsborneChamber).

Today Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 85. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 65. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Hays Post

A Hays man was arrested for driving under the influence Thursday morning after the truck he was driving veered off of the roadway and struck a light pole near the corner of 27th and Hall.

Tobias A. Taylor, 23, of Hays, was southbound on Hall Street just after 10 a.m. when he veered to left off the roadway and struck a utility pole in the right of way in front of Wyndham Place Senior Residence, said Lt. Brandon Wright of the Hays Police Department.

Taylor was arrested for DUI and unlawful use of toxic vapor under what Wright referred to as the “huffing law.”

No one was injured in the accident, and no one lost power as a result of the downed pole.

Taylor was driving a GMC Sierra registered to Hays Ready-Mix, according to Wright.