The South County YMCA is celebrating $1.25 million in renovations, which were officially unveiled at a ribbon-cutting in March.
“The Y serves as a hub where non-profits, for-profits, schools, municipalities, hospitals, libraries and so many other organizations can partner together to meet community needs,” said Lindbergh Superintendent Tony Lake, a South County YMCA board member, in a news release. “These investments will only improve the Y’s ability to serve the community. The Y is collaborative in nature and collaborations between organizations are what today’s communities require to be safe places to live and raise families. By doing so, we can maximize our resources and accomplish far more together than we ever could individually.”
Kansas judge suspended for frequent F-bombs, sexism; called Black men boy in court Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle
Feb. 26 A Kansas judge has been suspended from his duties for a year, after court workers and defendants complained of multiple incidents of obscenity-laced harassment and use of derogatory terms for women and African Americans.
The Kansas Supreme Court took that action Friday against Montgomery County Judge F. William Cullins. Although the suspension is for a year, he could be back on the bench in 60 days if he enters a training and counseling program approved by the Office of Judicial Administration.
Evidence shows Cullins frequently and abusively dropped F-bombs in his conversations with court staff and others and referred to females by vulgarities. He also created a perception of race bias in his court in his handling of criminal charges against African-American student athletes, the Supreme Court ruled.