Weekend Weather Update Forecast Freezing Drizzle Snow
Weekend forecast calls for freezing drizzle or light snow with temperatures around 10 above by late afternoon. Gusty north winds 15 to 25 mph create dangerous wind chills with a 60 percent precipitation chance. Very cold tonight with a 30 percent chance of light snow and lows near zero to 5 below. Sunday remains cold with a 30 percent snow chance and highs 5 to 10 above. Monday and New Year's Day stay cold and dry with highs in the teens and 20s.
Mental Health Reform Act takes effect in southeast Kansas
The first phase of Kansas mental health reform starts New Year’s Day affecting 23 southeast counties served by Osawatomie State Hospital. The act shifts care from state hospitals to community centers, expanding clinical treatment emergency care and vocational counseling through 12 centers, with 20 to 30 fewer patients at Osawatomie.
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Topeka, Kan
Osawatomie State Hospital
Henry Helgerson
Dwichita
Kansas
Franklin
Osawatomie Hospital
Max Teng
Osawatomie
Cedar House Health Center
Ottawa
Reunited Christmas Returns for Bowley Family
Delores Bowley, living in Richmond, celebrates a Christmas reunion with three children she had not seen in 27 years. She met two of them, a daughter and a son, last Saturday and connected with the third daughter Friday. Bowley had signed adoption papers years ago after Welfare took her kids, seeking a better life for them. Geraldine Rich of Kansas City Kansas is the eldest, with an older brother Richard in Kansas City Missouri.
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Lori Alvarado
Herald
Richmond
Delores Bowley
Rowley
Kansas City
Bowley
Geraldine Juanita Rich
Kan
Richard
Winter storm snarls East and Northwest with deaths and outages
A double barreled winter blast hit the Pacific Northwest and the East causing widespread power outages, flight delays, and chemistryless congestion as drivers and farmers faced disruptions. Dozens were injured in subway tunnels while several weather related deaths were reported across Connecticut Ohio and Washington state.
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Douglas J. Rowe
Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Pentagon to inoculate troops as gulf deployment grows
The Pentagon announced a plan to vaccinate troops in the Persian Gulf against possible Iraqi germ warfare. A 17-ship carrier armada carrying 16,000 Marines and sailors sails from Norfolk to reach the gulf in about two weeks, joining three other carriers to boost U S forces near 430,000 in Saudi waters by mid January. The inoculation program aims to shield troops from chemical and biological weapons though details are sparse and vaccines are not yet sufficient for all in the region.
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Persian Gulf
Iraq
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Virginia
Saratoga
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Arabian Sea
Kennedy
Red Sea
United States
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
United Nations
Paola band to perform at 1991 Gator Bowl halftime
Paola High School marching band members, 84 players with 31 chaperones and two instructors, depart for Jacksonville Florida after 20 months of fund raising netting more than 52000. Funds cover travel, the Gator Bowl appearance, and side trips to Disney World Space Center USA and a dinner cruise.
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PAOLA
Paola High School
Jacksonville
Fla
Disney World
Space Center USA
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