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Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pittsburgh upgrades to automated water meters
PITTSBURG, Kan. — The City of Pittsburg is in the process of transitioning to automated water meters. The city's current equipment used to perform water readings is in need of repairs and is out of date. Usually, city vehicles use radio read meters, which read the meters by driving through neighborhoods to get polls of readings. Pittsburgh upgrades to automated water meters Disc golfers compete for charity at Pittsburg's Ice Bowl Rally in Pittsburg raises awareness on International Women's Day Pitt State students win big at ADDY Awards New $168 million Freeman SEK Hospital to bring 500-1,000 jobs to Frontenac The problem is the equipment for the radio meter reading is outdated, which leads to some of the meters not being read. When that happens, the city has had to estimate what the meters are, based on their historical usage in the past months to a year. Once the switch is made, readings will be taken from the meters and then sent directly back to a central location where all of them can be read. Deputy City Manager Jay Byers says this will allow them to save time and money. 'It's a much better way of doing it. If we can do it, we do it automatically. But we have over 8,000 customers, over 8,000 meters. So it's and it's very there's this kind of an expensive thing to do to change over all the meters, and it's time consuming and it's disruptive. So we're just doing it a little bit at a time,' said Byers. Meaning city workers will continue to physically read meters. The change, by the way, won't impact water bills. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
New $168 million Freeman SEK Hospital to bring 500-1,000 jobs to Frontenac
FRONTENAC, Kan. — Freeman Health System turns dirt on its newest addition. Freeman Health System broke ground today for the future Freeman Southeast Kansas Hospital in Frontenac. The $168 million full-service hospital will sit off of U.S. Route 69. It will be equipped with 50 hospital beds and will include an emergency department, cardiac services, an intensive care unit, maternity, pediatrics, and catheterization labs. Also included will be outpatient and inpatient surgery with robotic procedures, as well as medical and radiation technology. New $168 million Freeman SEK Hospital to bring 500-1,000 jobs to Frontenac Inclusive Youth Leadership Summit held in Southeast Kansas 'Swatting' calls placed at multiple Four State school districts KDHE warns of potential contamination in southeast Kansas waterway Gov. Kelly appoints Lori Bolton Fleming to Kansas Court of Appeals But alongside a new hospital, it plans to create at least 500 to 1,000 jobs in the area. Something Frontenac Mayor Steve Morrison says can save citizens fewer trips and help draw more people to the area. 'We are very excited about the addition of jobs to be able to have a young adult go away to college and then have them actually come back to the Pittsburgh-Frontenac area to work as opposed to go into a different city. And you losing that history of that family, that the history of that family will be able to stay here nowadays,' said Frontenac Mayor Steve Morrison. 'We chose this location because it's really the center of southeast Kansas. So people from all the adjoining communities can have ready access to our hospital,' said Freeman Health System President and CEO Paula Baker. Officials plan to have simultaneous phases of site development. This is on top of what the health system is also part of in Fort Scott—the return of a 24/7 emergency facility that could open in June. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
