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Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are plenty of places to turn for accurate information about COVID-19. Your physician. Local health departments. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

More than a dozen states quickly embraced
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

More than a dozen states quickly embraced
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

More than a dozen states quickly embraced
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

More than a dozen states quickly embraced
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

'I don’t need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — In this rural swath of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape. The vaccines aimed at taming the coronavirus, however, aren't so popular.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'I don’t need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — In this rural swath of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape. The vaccines aimed at taming the coronavirus, however, aren't so popular.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'I don’t need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — In this rural swath of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape. The vaccines aimed at taming the coronavirus, however, aren't so popular.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'I don’t need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight

FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) — In this rural swath of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, former President Donald Trump remains deeply admired, with lawn signs and campaign flags still dotting the landscape. The vaccines aimed at taming the coronavirus, however, aren't so popular.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck in an electric …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck in an electric …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck in an electric …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck in an electric …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Kansas COVID-19 hospitalizations fall from last month's peak

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Coronavirus hospitalizations have fallen in Kansas from their high last month and staffing is under less strain as the shaky vaccine rollout gains momentum, although overall case numbers remain stubbornly high.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Kansas COVID-19 hospitalizations fall from last month's peak

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Coronavirus hospitalizations have fallen in Kansas from their high last month and staffing is under less strain as the shaky vaccine rollout gains momentum, although overall case numbers remain stubbornly high.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A Kansas woman was executed Wednesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven decades that the U.S. government has put to death a female inmate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Court OKs 1st federal execution of female inmate in 67 years

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Justice Department to carry out the first execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades following a flurry of legal rulings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court clears way for woman's execution

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Justice Department to carry out the first execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Female inmate's execution on hold; 2 more halted over COVID

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government's plans to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades were on hold Tuesday amid a flurry of legal rulings, and two other executions set for later this week were halted because the inmates tested positive for …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mental illness issues could halt execution of female inmate

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday halted this week’s executions of two inmates who were diagnosed with COVID-19, the last two federal executions scheduled under President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Kansas House Dems move to oust member over issues with women

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators on Tuesday began the process to oust a newly elected lawmaker over multiple issues that include the 20-year-old’s rhetoric on Twitter and allegations that he harassed and threatened girls and women.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Judge halts 1st US execution of female inmate in 67 years

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A judge has halted the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades, saying a court must first determine whether the Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother, cut the baby from her womb and then tried to pass off the newborn …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

1st US execution of female inmate in 67 years halted

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A judge has granted a stay in what was slated to be the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades — a Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother in Missouri, cut the baby from her womb and passed off the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

1st US execution of female inmate in 67 years halted

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A judge has granted a stay in what was slated to be the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades — a Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother in Missouri, cut the baby from her womb and passed off the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US prepares 1st execution of female inmate in 67 years

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday prepared to carry out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades — a Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother in Missouri, cut the baby from her womb and passed off the newborn as her own.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Woman set to die for killing woman, cutting baby from womb

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Becky Harper sobbed as she spoke to a Missouri dispatcher after stumbling across her expectant daughter in a pool of blood, her womb slashed open and the child she had been carrying missing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Missouri patrol shoots man who fired at troop headquarters

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A man fired several shots with an assault-style rifle at a suburban Kansas City headquarters for the Missouri State Highway Patrol before he was shot and wounded by troopers, the patrol said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Governor 'OK' with 2nd round of shots; Kansas economy slumps

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly expressed little concern Friday over a smaller-than-expected second shipment of a coronavirus vaccine for Kansas, adding that she expects the state's plan for distributing shots in coming months to boost an economy that has slowed recently.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Governor 'OK' with 2nd round of shots; Kansas economy slumps

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly expressed little concern Friday over a smaller-than-expected second shipment of a coronavirus vaccine for Kansas, adding that she expects the state's plan for distributing shots in coming months to boost an economy that has slowed recently.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

College students recruited as teachers to keep schools open

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As the coronavirus sidelines huge numbers of educators, school districts around the country are aggressively recruiting substitute teachers, offering bonuses and waiving certification requirements in order to keep classrooms open.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead

When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dream.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead

When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long-held dream.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

One-day US deaths top 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever: Over 3,000 American deaths in a single day, more than on D-Day or 9/11. One million new cases in the span of five days. More …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

One-day US deaths top 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever: Over 3,000 American deaths in a single day, more than on D-Day or 9/11. One million new cases in the span of five days. More …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

One-day US deaths top 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever: Over 3,000 American deaths in a single day, more than on D-Day or 9/11. One million new cases in the span of five days. More …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once seemed safely removed from the outbreak.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

As virus spreads, Kansas hospital runs out of staff

The radiology technician slept in an RV in the parking lot of his rural Kansas hospital for more than a week because his co-workers were out sick with COVID-19 and no one else was available to take X-rays.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

As Kansas awaits vaccine, it reports jump in COVID-19 deaths

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Wednesday reported spikes in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations as dozens of nursing homes experienced outbreaks and the state prepared to see that health care workers received the first available vaccines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kansas reports spike in COVID-19 deaths as it awaits vaccine

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Wednesday reported spikes in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations as dozens of nursing homes experienced outbreaks and the state prepared to see that health care workers received the first available vaccines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Very dark couple of weeks': Morgues and hospitals overflow

Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspaper obituary pages and testing the capacity of morgues, funeral homes and hospitals.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'Very dark couple of weeks': Morgues and hospitals overflow

Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspaper obituary pages and testing the capacity of morgues, funeral homes and hospitals.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

Americans returning from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country Monday as health officials brace for a disastrous worsening of the nationwide surge because of holiday gatherings over the long weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

Americans returning from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country Monday as health officials brace for a disastrous worsening of the nationwide surge because of holiday gatherings over the long weekend.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving

Vivian Zayas can’t keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove to make a big pot of rice and beans and then took a seat at the edge of the table.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving

Vivian Zayas can’t keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove to make a big pot of rice and beans and then took a seat at the edge of the table.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving

Vivian Zayas can’t keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove to make a big pot of rice and beans and then took a seat at the edge of the table.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving

Vivian Zayas can’t keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove to make a big pot of rice and beans and then took a seat at the edge of the table.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

CDC pleads with Americans to not travel for Thanksgiving

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

CDC begs Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

CDC warns Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving

NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Kansas governor issues new mask mandate as COVID cases surge

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly issued a new mask mandate Wednesday in hopes of lessening the spread of the coronavirus in Kansas after the state again reported another record seven-day increase in new cases.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Empty desks: Coronavirus robs US classrooms of teachers

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In July, fourth-grade teacher Susanne Michael was ecstatic as she celebrated the adoption of a former student from a troubled home and two of the girl's brothers. For the festivities, Michael dressed them and her other children in matching T-shirts that read “Gotcha FOREVER."
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Convention centers, museums become classrooms amid pandemic

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In ordinary times, the airy convention center on a 61-acre site in Hesston, Kansas, hosts weddings, corporate retreats and church events. During the pandemic, it has become a schoolhouse for the district's seventh- and eighth-graders.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Davids, Adkins trade shots in debate for Kansas House seat

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and Republican challenger Amanda Adkins on Monday sought to portray each other as too extreme to represent a heavily suburban Kansas City area swing district as they debated how to respond to the coronavirus and calls for police reform.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Davids, Adkins trade shots in debate for Kansas House seat

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and Republican challenger Amanda Adkins on Monday sought to portray each other as too extreme to represent a heavily suburban Kansas City area swing district as they debated how to respond to the coronavirus and calls for police reform.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Father of 2 slain Kansas boys has been in midst of divorce

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of abducting his two daughters from a Kansas home where their two brothers were killed has been going through a divorce with the children’s mother, authorities said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Authorities find 2 abducted girls after 2 boys are killed

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Authorities found two girls who were abducted from a Kansas home where two boys were discovered dead Saturday, and a suspect is in custody.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Authorities find 2 abducted girls after 2 boys are killed

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Authorities found two girls who were abducted from a Kansas home where two boys were discovered dead Saturday, and a suspect is in custody.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Authorities look for 2 missing girls after 2 boys are killed

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are looking for two girls who were abducted from a Kansas home where two boys were found dead Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Kansas coronavirus positivity rate climbs above 20%

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' coronavirus positivity rate has climbed above 20%, even as one top GOP lawmaker pushed back against Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's call for a statewide mask mandate to curb the spread of COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Missouri couple charged in death of emaciated 10-year-old

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A 10-year-old Missouri girl whose parents have been charged in her death was so emaciated that a detective said she looked "like a Holocaust victim," according to court records.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Patrol asked to investigate shooting of unarmed Black man

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors are asking the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate the police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kansas City.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Patrol asked to investigate shooting of unarmed Black man

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors are asking the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate the police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kansas City.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
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Kansas death toll from new coronavirus grows to 9

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As a statewide stay-at-home order took effect Monday and Kansas' coronavirus death toll grew to nine, President Donald Trump issued a major disaster declaration for the state.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
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Missouri governor mobilizes National Guard for virus fight

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri braced for a surge of coronavirus patients as the number of deaths grew to nine, with the governor mobilizing the state's National Guard and a top St. Louis County official urging recently retired health care workers to return to work.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
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2 more residents of Springfield assisted-living center die

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two more residents of a southwest Missouri assisted-living center have died from the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths in the state to eight.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
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Owner of facility tied to Kansas death runs Washington home

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A nursing home resident who become Kansas' first COVID-19-related death was infected at the Life Care Center of Kansas City, which is owned by the same company that runs the facility in Washington state linked to 22 fatalities, state health officials said Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Kansas City mayor runs into problems attempting to vote

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of Kansas City struggled to vote Tuesday in the Missouri presidential primary after a poll worker mistakenly transposed his first and last names while searching for him in the voter rolls.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pollination plight

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
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National Park offers glimpse of tallgrass prairie

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Cash-strapped districts cutting summer school

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Amber Bramble had to scramble to arrange summer plans for her 5- and 7-year-old daughters after their suburban Kansas City school district gutted its summer school program this spring.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO