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Great Bend EMS still monitoring increase in call load
The Great Bend Fire Department and EMS reported a nearly 33% increase in incident calls this past January compared to last year. At Monday’s Great Bend City Council meeting, Fire Chief Brent Smith said his department is currently up 22% as of early May. The majority of the call increase is coming from medical incidents.
Bird flu virus possibly found in a handful of wastewater sites, CDC says
There’s no solid evidence that bird flu is spreading among people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday amid an outbreak of the virus in dairy cows. New data from 189 of the agency’s wastewater sampling sites showed that as of May 4, an influenza A virus had been detected at higher-than-average levels in a handful of sites across the country, including in Alaska, California, Florida, Illinois and Kansas.
Wednesday weather maker brings strong storms back to state
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It is a clear and comfortable morning across Kansas with wake-up temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s. Later today, Sunny skies will take highs into the upper 70s and lower 80s. As another weather maker moves into the state, a few storms are possible...
Kansas is the first in the nation to enact this 'significant improvement' to foster care
Kansas is the first state in the country to enact a new type of permanency for youths in foster care that allows older teenagers to establish legal relationships with supportive adults while still maintaining ties to their birth family. "We're meeting young people in foster care where they are to let their voices be heard regarding their future, and that is something to celebrate," said Laura Howard, secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families. "Every...
Scattered storms set to return for midweek
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - After some welcome rain over Mother’s Day weekend, we won’t have to wait long for the chances to return as another cold front moves closer during the middle of the week. Rain chance fades into Monday night and much of the area will be...
Fuller Industries donates supplies to daycare center
The ribbon was cut for Advancing Barton County Childcare’s new Great Bend daycare facility Bright Beginnings at 4507 Farmers Plaza Lane Thursday, May 2. Wednesday afternoon, May 8, Fuller Industries donated cleaning supplies to keep the center sparkling as it welcomes its first students when it opens June 3.
In Kansas, too many people like my evicted 77-year-old neighbor have nowhere to go | Opinion
I met my former neighbor, whom I’ll call “T,” in 2014, when I moved into the apartment next to hers in Overland Park. Our places shared a landing, so she was happy to learn that I loved cats. This was a required characteristic for a neighbor of T’s. She and her feline weren’t strangers, frequently arriving at my door in the early evening and bounding in to visit.
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