"We just don't have enough nurses over there,” said Debra Robinson. Robinson has been a nurse for more than 40 years. She says right now the need for nurses and other health care workers is higher than ever. "I'm not sure there's going to be enough to take care of us,” said Robinson. "I gotta stay healthy, because... I'm just not sure if there will be enough if I were to get sick. Yeah, and that's scary. That's real scary." Just before the pandemic, Robinson became a traveling nurse, something she says a lot of hospitals around the U.S. are utilizing [...]

During the pandemic, we've often focused on bigger metro hospitals like in Wichita. But when they start filling up, it creates a domino effect making it sometimes impossible for rural patients to get the help they need. Preston Sauers is the CEO of Kingman Healthcare Center. Like many rural communities, the pandemic hit hard for him and his team. "Her statement to the ER provider was, I shouldn't have listened to facebook. I should have gotten the vaccine," said Sauers. Over the weekend, a young patient came in with COVID. After doing everything the doctors could, they decided she needed to [...]

In Overland Park, Kansas, city leaders are now researching changes to a possible ban on pit bulls. Currently, it's illegal to own a pit bull inside city limits. Several residents have been working to change that. Critics call the ban subjective since animal control officers have to relay on how a dog looks to identify the dog's breed. The city's ban defines pit bulls as any dog that's a Staffordshire terrier breed, any American pit bull terrier breed, as well as dogs "which have the appearance and characteristics" found in those breeds. Kansas City's NPR Station, KCUR, reports at least 25 [...]