Memorial Day ceremony honors fallen at Valley View Cemetery
Ray Hernandez led nearly 100 attendees at Valley View Cemetery Garden City for Memorial Day. The 11am ceremony featured a 21 gun salute, roll call of veterans since 2014, and wreath laying. Organizers handed out fabric poppies made by wounded veterans as Leonard Hitz urged thanks to veterans and first responders.
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Syracuse man killed in plane crash in Kansas
A 54-year-old Syracuse man, Anthony Englert, died Monday morning when his 1981 Yak 52 nose dived near 2800 E River Road 1.8 miles south of the US 50 Kansas 27 intersection in Hamilton County. The cause is under investigation by the FAA and NTSB. KHP notes unclear motives and a lack of flight reasons.
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Anthony Englert
E. River Road
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Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Richard Garza
State hospital workers cope with long hours amid staff shortages
After 27 years with the state, Melvin Boyd Sr. retired from Osawatomie State Hospital where he drove 45 minutes from Overland Park. He cites no raises in 12 years and stresses dangerous, understaffed shifts caring for severely ill and elderly patients. Many colleagues face the same conditions.
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Kansas City
Osawatomie State Hospital
Osawatomie
Rainbow Mental Health Facility
Weather Brief: Sunny Skies and Warm Midweek Rise
The forecast notes today sunny with a high of 74 and low 54. Wednesday brings partly sunny skies with a high of 80 and a low of 60.
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