Ebola was first discovered in 1976, but just recently made international news, with more than 10,000 currently having the illness. However there have been only three confirmed cases in the United States. Riley County Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Jason Orr told intergovernmental leaders Monday, while 50 percent of those in Africa have passed away, there are risk factors there the United States does not have–with people able to recover with appropriate care.Orr adds while ebola definitely is a health concern, we shouldn’t lose sight of other diseases such as whooping cough or influenza. What to release to the media,…
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On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to Director of Conferences and Non-Credit Programs with the Global Campus at Kansas State University , Jeff Wolfe; Manhattan Building Official, Brad Claussen; and Suzan Barnes with Grand Central Hotel in Cottonwood Falls.
After returning from a fire in Ogden, Riley County Fire Chief, Pat Collins spoke to the Riley County Commission about fireplace inspections during their Monday meeting. Ogden Elementary students were evacuated Monday morning, due to a small fire reported in the principal’s office. The fire caused the smoke detectors to go off, and students and faculty managed to leave the building in under a minute. Although the cause of the fire is unknown, Collins said there was only $100 damage to a power outlet. Collins transitioned from this topic, to his smoke detector topic he had prepared. Since Sunday is…
Junction City Police are investigating a shooting death reported early Saturday morning. In a news release late Sunday night, JCPD reports that at 2:31 a.m. Saturday, members of the Junction City Police Department and EMS were dispatched to the area of 618 W. 14th Street, in reference to numerous shots fired. The caller advised there was a subject lying in the parking lot at 618 W. 14th St. Upon arrival a black male subject was located lying in the parking lot and nonresponsive. The individual was checked by EMS and found to be deceased. It was found the subject had…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has outlined guidelines for the mandatory, 21-day quarantining of medical workers returning from West Africa that he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered Friday.
One of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising the number of fatalities from when a student opened fire in a cafeteria to three.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police say officers have shot and killed a man who fired at officers and struck three vehicles. Police said in a news release that officers responded early Sunday after receiving multiple reports of someone shooting a gun. The release said officers were shot at in their vehicles and that one officer was pinned down by the gun fire. Police said three officers opened fire, and the suspect was fatally wounded in the front yard of a home. No officers were injured. As is standard procedure, the officers involved have been placed on paid administrative leave while…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every pitch, Madison Bumgarner etched his place among the World Series greats. The long, tall lefty kept slinging away and put the San Francisco Giants just one win from yet another championship, throwing a four-hitter to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 Sunday night for a 3-2 Series edge. Hardly menacing on the mound, Bumgarner was simply untouchable — again — as “MVP! MVP!” chants broke out in the late innings. And by the time the 25-year-old from Hickory, North Carolina, closed out his second win in a week, he had evoked memories of Bob…
Attorney Norman Siegel, a civil rights attorney, representing nurse Kaci (KAY’-see) Hickox, who is being held under quarantine in Newark, New Jersey, says Ebola policies and quarantine mandates should be decided by the medical community.
Hawaii authorities on Saturday told residents near an active lava flow to prepare for a possible evacuation in the next three to five days as lava as hot as 2000 degrees Fahrenheit oozed across a country road and edged closer to homes.