COVID-19
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Medicaid providers say rural hospitals threatened by virus, staffing shortages
Medical providers say anticipated staffing shortages amid surging coronavirus cases could hit rural hospitals especially hard because smaller communities have…
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Galloway issues monthly report on state’s use of CARES Act dollars
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (December 1, 2020) — State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released her sixth report detailing state government’s use of federal…
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Tests for coronavirus in sewage gives workers surge notice
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – A study that tests for parts of the coronavirus in sewage is giving public health workers…
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Missouri State Parks temporarily closing indoor spaces
Missouri State Parks is temporarily closing most indoor spaces, including visitor centers, nature centers, museums and offices. Missouri state parks…
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Four more deaths due to COVID-19 in Jasper County
The Jasper County Health Department Friday afternoon reported four more deaths of Jasper County residents due to COVID-19. This brings…
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Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving
(AP) Americans are marking the Thanksgiving holiday amid an unrelenting pandemic that has upended traditions at dinner tables all around…
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Schools struggle to stay open as quarantines sideline staff
(AP) Contact tracing and isolation protocols meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus are sidelining school employees and frustrating…
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Carthage City Council approves mask mandate, mayor vetoes ordinance
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, a face mask mandate was approved by a 6-4 vote by…
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Gov. Kelly urges state to ‘hunker down’ amid virus surge
(AP) Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly warned residents Wednesday not to let down their guard during Thanksgiving Day celebrations as…
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Ballot drop-off boxes are staying in Kansas’ second-most populous county
(AP) Election officials in Sedgwick County say those drop-off ballot boxes used in the Nov. 3 election were “wildly popular”…
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