Two Vehicle Crash Kills Ulysses Man Near Montezuma
Ulysses resident John Tucker, 34, died at the scene when his 1994 GMC pickup crossed the center line on Kansas Highway 144 and collided with a 2003 Peterbilt semitrailer about 11 miles southwest of Montezuma. Driver of the semi, David L. Stevens, 38, of Hutchinson, was uninjured. Highway Patrol reports note the pickup burned after the impact.
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David L. Stevens
Hutchinson
Highway Patrol
Tucker
Kansas City paramedics mourn two slain colleagues in Edwardsville
Funeral processions for Katherine Malone and Tye Brown, both 30 and 31, who worked at Metropolitan Ambulance Service Trust, followed their double fatal shooting. Malone had sought protection from former husband Matthew Bass, who later died by suicide in Missouri. Sebelius signed bills fixing flaws in traffic fatality and fire hydrant purchase statutes, clarifying fire district use of tax dollars.
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Kan
Katherine Malone
Tye Brown
Metropolitan Ambulance Service Trust
Edwardsville
Malone
Matthew S. _ Bass
Mission
Lee’s Summit, Mo
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Supreme Court
Scott E. Manbeck
Allen County
Sebelius
Lawmakers push rural hospital support bills in Kansas
Kansas lawmakers led by Senator Sam Brownback and Representative Jerry Moran back a reauthorization for a J-1 visa waiver program to bring foreign doctors to rural areas. They also push a five year expansion of a Medicare reimbursement pilot to include outpatient costs for small 25 to 50 bed rural hospitals, aiming to improve access and sustainability in rural Kansas.
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Jerry Moran
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Nelson
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Kent Conrad
D-N.d
America
Garden City debaters head to national tournament in LA
Garden City Community College seven member debate team travels to Los Angeles for the National Debate Tournament beginning Tuesday. Debaters perform varied pieces from prose to dramatic interpretations, with themes from war to women’s health and feminism.
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Los Angeles
Marriot
Sunset Strip
Los Anles
Tonya Stein
Ulysses
Portland
Ore
Stein
GCCC
Ciera Percival
Garden City
John Brownlee
Syracuse
Brownlee
Notre Dame
Matthew Randolph
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dave Halle
Down the
Irish
Randolph
Halle
Texas Southern University
Express
Baghdad
Jennifer Zauche
Africa
Cindy McMillan
McMillan
Johnson County Leads Kansas Population Growth in 2003
Johnson County posted the largest growth in Kansas with a 2.2 percent rise from 476,009 to 486,515 while Ness County fell 3.9 percent. Kansas total grew 0.4 percent to 2,723,507. 28 of 105 counties gained residents. Meade County led births growth at 43.6 percent. Graham County rose 57.1 percent in births.
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Kansas
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Ness County
Ford County
Doug Davidson
County Economic Research Institute
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Sherry Frick
Frick
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Meade County
Graham County
Kansas Bill Would Increase Medicaid Reimbursements
The measure, approved unanimously on April 1, would add 67 million dollars in federal aid by raising state Medicaid reimbursements to doctors and hospitals. It creates a 44.5 million dollar annual fee from 70 hospitals and a private HMO, enabling the matching federal funding. The bill moves to Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who backs it as long overdue.
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Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Nicole Corcoran
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Jackson County
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