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Wichita Public Library goes back to curbside service
Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 25, all Wichita Public Library locations will go back to offering only curbside and drive-up window services. The decision was made by library staff due to the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Wichita and Sedgwick County.…
Garden City schools will transition to remote learning starting Monday
USD 457 Garden City Public Schools will transition all students to Level 6 ‐ Remote Learning beginning on Monday, Nov. 23. All learning will continue remotely at‐home for all students through December 22, 2020. The district said in a letter…
Hutchinson police return to Tier II response plan due to COVID
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Hutchinson Police Department moved to Tier II of its response plan on Friday. The department will continue to respond to all crimes in progress, but all other calls for service will be handled over the…
Solar farms coming
Solar farms are coming to the region, thanks to agreements between power cooperatives and Today’s Power Inc. of Arkansas to create the Kansas Cooperative Sun Power Program. “Co-ops across the state have come together across the state,” said Sarah Madden,…
Ulysses and Garden City hospitals appeal for community’s support
The COVID-19 pandemic has impactfully touched communities all across southwest Kansas and our care teams at Centura Health’s Bob Wilson and St. Catherine hospitals have responded with compassion and courage to meet the needs of our patients, our neighbors and…
Topeka hospitals face ‘a staffing crisis.’ One has requested resources from the Kansas National Guard; another looks to FEMA.
Like many health systems across the country, Stormont Vail is experiencing "a staffing crisis," according to Matt Lara, the system’s public relations specialist. That staffing crisis led Stormont recently to submit a request for resources to Shawnee County Emergency Management.…
Who enforces county health orders? It depends on the infraction.
Shawnee County has mask requirements, gathering limits, restrictions to bars and restaurants’ operating hours and a suspension of organized sports, excluding high school athletics. But what county department enforces theses restrictions? The recently approved emergency health order warns of a…
Kansas hospitals buckle, schools pull back amid virus surge
Hospitals across Kansas are buckling as coronavirus cases swell, leading many schools to scale back in-person learning and one county to intensify plans for a possible field hospital. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment added 5,939 cases to the…
Dodge City alters annual Parade of Lights
With many special events canceled or put on hold this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the undeterred organizers of Dodge City’s annual Christmas Parade of Lights were determined to come up with a safe solution to ensure the tradition…
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