Women say illness cost them their jobs at St Catherine Hospital
Connie McKenna a longtime hospital worker diagnosed with breast cancer says she was told to resign after illness. Lavona Schmidt faced knee surgery and a cut in health benefits, while hospital officials deny terminations and cite federal leave rules and long term disability provisions.
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Connie McKenna
St. Catherine Hospital
McKenna
Kansas
Lavona Schmidt
Mark Steadham
St. Catherine
Nicole Tefft
Tefft
Schmidt
Steadham
Water filtration system nears city build completion
A nearly ten million dollar reverse osmosis plant is set to pump water to city sinks in April. The system processes Ogallala aquifer well water through two 62 pipe skids to remove salts and sulfites then blends 70 percent purified water with 30 percent well water for a taste like bottled water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Norman
Wheatland Electric
Wheatlands Electric and
Osmonics
Process Water Group
Ogallala
Teen-ager Urrutia given 20 years for kidnapping case
Victor Paul Urrutia, 17, wore an orange jumpsuit as Finney County Judge Michael Quint sentenced him to 20 years in the Department of Corrections. Convicted Sept 6 of aggravated kidnapping criminal threat and two counts of misdemeanor battery the case involved a pregnant girlfriend and a May liquor store robbery. Gutierrez testified she forgives him though prosecutors noted a long criminal history. The judge ruled sentences run concurrently up to 20 years total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Paul Urrutia
Finney County
Michael Quint
Urrutia
Gutierrez
Richard Hodson
Malin
Quint
Baby Isaiah burial settles Haskell County monument
A local controversy over a monument to unborn babies in Haskell County ends with an actual burial. Vaughn Lower Sharon Lower and the cemetery board plan a Saturday ceremony for Baby Isaiah, a donated remains case sent by The Life Issues Institute in Cincinnati amid multiple offers after court rulings.
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Sublette
Haskell County
Vaughn
Sharon Lower
Isaiah
Lowers
Life Issues Institute
Cincinnati
Lower
Life Institute
Kansas Supreme Court
Kim Schroeder
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