As some Kansans continue to face financial hurdles, Dr. Donna Ginther, an economic and social policy researcher at the University of Kansas, said she fears the worst is yet to come. "January is going to be bleak in a number of ways," Ginther said in an interview Thursday. The unemployment rate in Kansas is back on the rise at 5.6%, leading to many frustrated claimants. This has led to more food and housing insecurity, with more than one-third of Kansas households with children not being able to make rent, Ginther said. Without some forbearance on foreclosures and evictions, the state may [...]

As vaccines continue to roll out, the Sedgwick County Jail is asking when will they see a shipment? "We're getting no direction from them whatsoever in fact we're having a hard time even communicate with them they don't return a lot of emails," said Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter. He says his staff has spent the last month and a half asking KDHE for an update for the COVID-19 vaccines. "The fact of the matter is inside the jail is a lot different environment than anywhere else," Sheriff Easter explained Source: KSN-TV

Officials with Sedgwick County says the county's first allocation of the coronavirus vaccine has arrived. The county is using guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to determine who gets the vaccine. The first doses are going to health department workers who take samples from people who might have the coronavirus. EMS personnel are also among those getting the first doses. Source: KSN-TV