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Official: Rain may cancel fall festival
Rain is threatening to cancel the annual fall festival set on Halloween this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. downtown. With a predicted 100 percent chance of rain, organizer and Main Street manager, Bo Ellis is prepared to cancel the event if it’s still raining at noon the day of the event. “We can’t move the location of it, with 60 organizations with possible volunteers with each one, there’s no way to get something like that changed or moved to a different [...]
Heavy rain leads to flooding, Sunday AirSho canceled
Midland motorists drove through a rainy mayhem Sunday that led to numerous cases of flooding throughout the county. The heavy rain caused the cancellation of a few area events, including the CAF AirSho and the Old Sorehead Trade Days in Stanton, according to officials with each event. The National Weather Service in Midland reported 1.42 inches of rainfall as of 9:50 p.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service in Midland reported 1.42 inches of rainfall as of 9:50 p.m. Sunday. The [...]
Still No Sign of Rain-out Money From Hard Rock
It’s been three weeks since the KC and the Sunshine Band concert on Old Falls Street was canceled due to rain. The Hard Rock Café, which was paid $42,000 by the city to put on the concert, has not returned the money, according to City Controller Maria Brown. The Reporter confirmed that as of press time, KC has not been rescheduled for another date here. Is there a problem here? There may be a financial problem for the local management of Hard [...]
