TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas health officials say 13 rabies cases have been confirmed so far this year, a 300 percent increase over the same time period last year. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says it had only four confirmed rabies cases in the same time period in 2011. Kansas has averaged 68 confirmed cases of rabies a year since 2007. WIBW reports state health officials have confirmed rabies in a coyote, a raccoon, four skunks, two bats, two horses, two cows, and one cat. KDHE officials say the cases are most prevalent in skunks. They encourage the public…
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report says the Kansas winter wheat crop continues to develop two to three weeks ahead of normal, with roughly 6 percent of the crop statewide already headed. Monday’s Kansas Agricultural Statistics report also says that 79 percent of the wheat is now jointed. That compares with 30 percent last year and a five-year average of 32 percent at this point in the season. Recent rain has helped improve the wheat’s condition. The crop is rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 52 percent good and 13 percent excellent. Kansas farmers have…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The American Red Cross says its blood donation center in Wichita is running low on some necessary supplies. The Wichita Eagle reports the center needs about 500 pints of blood daily to meet the needs of the 100 hospitals it serves in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. About 30 of those pints are collected at the center. The rest come from statewide mobile drives. Wichita’s center is running very low on whole blood and platelets. Nationally and locally, Red Cross blood supplies hit a 12-year low last summer. The Wichita center is about 12 percent below its need…
Kansas district courts will be having breaks in service starting this Friday that will last until early June. This is being caused by a lack of funding for the courts due to falls in revenues generated by court filings. Riley County Court Administrator Lanna Nichols says there’s a shortfall in court fees, which are derived from the administrative fees given to the court administration. Nichols says the Kansas legislature didn’t find a solution in time to prevent court closures. The closures will cut around 1500-hundred court workers salaries by approximately 10 percent. Judges will not be affected as their incomes…
Pottawatomie County had several city elections this past week, and county commissioners canvassed the April third election during their meeting Monday. County Clerk Nancy McCarter sums up the overall numbers in terms of turn-out, varying from three percent in Wamego to 55 percent in St. Mary’s. Elected to Wamego City Commission position one was Victor Enns, with 63 votes to Rob Adams’ 15. Westmoreland elected three council members who were all unopposed–including Norbert Marek Jr., James Moore, and Jeff Overbey. Saint Mary’s elected two city commissioners including Francis Awerkamp and Joe Bryan. Olsburg’s three council members elected were Aric Cassel,…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas has had a steady increase in the number of graduate applicants from India and China. Thomas Heilke, dean of graduate studies at Kansas, tells The Lawrence Journal-World that applications for graduate study from India increased 20 percent from this time a year ago. He says similar applications from China went up by 7.4 percent. Charlie Bankart, assistant vice provost for international programs, said China, still is the country that sends the most international students to the University of Kansas. He said India had 270 students apply in 2012, while China had 872. Heilke…
GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) A small ministry in western Kansas has been catering to truckers and travelers at a Garden City truck stop. The Pit Stop Praise is located at a truck stop north of a junction on U.S. Highway 50. The half-hour program on Friday evenings usually attracts up to about a dozen participants. Jay Schoonover, an elder with the Garden City Presbyterian Church, helped spearhead the initiative, which started a year ago. He told The Garden City Telegram that many people pass through needing to talk or some sort of assistance. Yvonne Battles, of the local Church of…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) A Fort Hays University professor and his mother-in-law died in a car accident over the weekend. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 67-year-old Fred Ruda and 90-year-old Eleanor Sexson, both of Hays, died in the accident Sunday morning near Dodge City. Ruda was chairman of the Technology Studies Department at Fort Hays State University. Ruda’s wife, Sherrill, was hospitalized with serious injuries. The patrol says a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Braulio De La Cruz-Gonzalez of Dodge City crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 56 about 7 miles west of Dodge City and struck a car driven…