Dispatchers keep eyes on the road
Dispatchers monitor road conditions and coordinate help via KTA systems. Maintenance staff can view weather data from home, and local agency numbers are dialed automatically for incidents near mileposts. The toll network costs a local call and aids in locating ambulances, hospitals, and HazMat services.
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KTA
Stewart
West Lawrence
Wichita
Dotti Rankin
John Walters
Walters
Thanksgiving Turnpike Traffic Set To Peak On Holiday Weekend
Kansas Turnpike dispatchers project about 94,000 vehicles to use the 236 mile road Sunday, part of a 65,750 daily average. Last year 24 million vehicles traveled a billion miles on the turnpike during the holiday period.
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Kansas Turnpike
Voices of Experience From Dispatchers Union
Dispatchers describe the rewarding moments of helping people in crisis. McCulley laments tireless drivers, while Stewart and Rankin highlight long tenures at KTA and prior sheriff and police work. Collectively they note about 120 years of experience and rare turnover.
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Stewart
McCulley
KTA
Totem
Abilene Police Department
Butler County Sheriff’s Office
Rankin
Survival drugs give dying patients a little hope
In a candid look at FDA approved treatments, dying patients plead for extra months of life with drugs like riluzole gemcitabine taxotere and narelbine offering only modest extensions. FDA officials acknowledge the limited impact yet defend small survival gains as meaningful for those facing terminal illness. Medical leaders emphasize research now targets hard to cure diseases and value remains in any additional time.
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Washington
Paula Flowers
Food and Drug Administration
Gerald Mossinghoff
The
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufac
FDA
Robert Temple
Jail site at South Park declared unsuitable by officials
Community concerns over a 196 bed jail at South Park include park mass, extra parking spillover, and neighborhood impact. Chappell now believes the site is dead unless no other option emerges, while McElhaney notes long running concerns and questions whether courts remain the priority near the JLE Center.
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Balks
Lawrence Balks
Chappell
Commission
Louie McElhaney
South Park
JLE
McElhaney
Camilla kin details palace plots and Diana interview
Richard Parker Bowles recounts Camilla Parker Bowles telling his brother-in-law that Diana would be easy to push around and that Charles should marry the teenager. He claims Camilla underestimated Diana while Diana’s candid BBC interview boosted public support for her over Charles.
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Diana Spencer
Camilla Parker Bowles
Charles
Richard Parker Bowles
The
Mail On Sunday
Camilla
Spencer
British Broadcasting Corp
Diana
Parker Bowles
Mail
Charles Camp
Andrew
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