Van crash on I-70 kills 3 and injures 12
Authorities seek cause after a van carrying 18 to 19 people, mostly Mexican residents, veered off I-70 near Russell Kansas. Three died at scene or en route to hospitals. 12 hurt, many in serious condition. Driver Fernando Garcia of Yonkers, New York, said to be owner and only belt wearer, remained in fair condition.
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Russell
Mexico
Wichita
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ted Hileman
Hileman
New York City
Yonkers
N.Y
Fernando Garcia
Garcia
Via Christi-St. Francis Hospital
Joy Mack
Highway Patrol
John Eichkorn
Eichkorn
Antonia Cordatta-Hernandez
Arizona
Mack
Wesley Medical Center
Russell Regional Hospital
Hays
Ellsworth County Medical Center
Storms sweep Kansas with wind hail and outages
Storms moved across Kansas causing high winds and hail. In Clay County hail cracked a sheriff car windshield at about 5 p.m. A wall cloud triggered a tornado warning for Riley County though no tornado or major damage occurred. Power outages affected over 50,000 customers, with emergency shelter opened in Overland Park and Red Cross ready to help.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Teter
Clay County
Riley County
National Weather Service
Richfield
Emporia
Weather Service
Cassaday
Piedmont
Kansas City
Overland Park
St. Andrews Golf Course
American Red Cross
Johnson County
Kansas City Power & Light
Doctor settles defamation suit over KU Heart Transplant program
Former KU Medical Center heart transplant program director Dr. Jon Moran settled a 1996 defamation suit claiming hospital comments damaged his reputation. Settlement details were confidential. Moran, now at East Carolina University, alleged administrators blamed him for the program's collapse amid reports no transplants occurred 1994 1998.
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Kansas City, Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Jon Moran
North Carolina
Medical Center
The
Kansas City Star
Wyandotte County
Kansas Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Wyandotte
Moran
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas corn set for early harvest as heat spurs maturing
Kansas corn acreage tops 3.25 million, with 3 percent matured as heat accelerates ripening. KASS notes crop conditions mostly good to fair while wheat harvest lags. experts forecast potential corn-led national yield amid drought stress. Jere White of the Kansas Corn Commission cites irrigation and hybrids driving gains.
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Wichita Cap
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Sue Schulte
Kansas Corn Commission
KASS
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Schulte
Jere White
White
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