Barton County to revise policy after incidents
Barton County officials plan a policy revision after recent incidents prompting review by county leaders. In related news, AG GCCC teams up on Saints to pursue cooperation and safety initiatives between agencies and local organizations.
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Weather forecast: cool with partial clearing tonight
Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with lows from 10 to 15 along the west and 15 to 20 in the east. Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies with highs from 45 to 50 east to the lower 50s west. Wednesday night turns partly cloudy in the north and west to mostly clear southeast with lows in the mid to upper 20s.
Dow Jones Falls Late Trading After Morning Opening
At 11 p.m. the Dow Jones average stood at 9842.16, down 42.62 from this morning's opening, signaling continued slide in stocks as markets traded on mixed signals and investor caution persisted through the late session.
Blue Cross deal denials spark mixed national reaction
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius denied Anthem’s $190 million merger with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. Anthem faces mixed responses from regulators and lawmakers as lawyers review the ruling, while public hearings and campaigns highlighted consumer concerns nationwide.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas
Lauren Green-Caldwell
Indianapolis
Ind
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Blue Cross
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Anthem
Kansas Blue Cross
Phillip Gonzalez
Community Catalyst
Boston
Gonzalez
Sebelius
Water Restored at Meadowlark Park Mobile Home Park
Water service is back at Meadowlark Park after a nine day outage caused by a sewer repair. Kansas Department of Health official Allen Nichols said the forced main was reactivated and the system is now functioning well. Residents previously faced yellow brown water and a lack of cleanups were identified.
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Hobbs
Allen Nichols
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Dodge City
Billy Hobbs
Garden City
Nichols
Finney County
Lakin Mother Vanishes After Dropping Off Kids
Stefanie Welch, 23, mother of two from Lakin, disappeared Feb. 28 after dropping children at day care. No clues or new information after nearly a year. Kearny County Attorney Dennis Jones says foul play is suspected. Grandmother Ella Mae Watts laments the lack of developments as relatives hold out hope.
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Welch
Ella Mae Watts
Lakin
Second graders use power point on Olympic nations
Second grade students at Edith Scheuerman Elementary, guided by Angie Briggs and Kim Gill, researched Olympic countries and presented one minute PowerPoint talks to classmates and parents. After presenting, they quizzed peers on the facts.
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Alejandra Gonzales
St. Mary's Elementary School
Gonzales
Deb Chappel
Angie Briggs
Salt Lake City
Briggs
Kim Gill
Edith Scheuerman
FBI warns of possible attack in United States
The FBI cautions of a potential terrorist attack in the United States or against Americans abroad and disseminates photos of men tied to the plot. The alert lists aliases for Fawaz Yahya al Rabeei and urges police to detain the suspects immediately as officials acknowledge uncertainty about their location or alive status.
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Ately
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Justice Department
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Afghanistan
Cuba
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Saudi Arabia
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