Stories from Friday, March 27, 2020

The following information was released at 1:10 p.m. by the Kansas Department of Health and Environmental Services.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic currently impacting all states, including Kansas, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Agriculture strongly encourage all land owners and managers to voluntarily reduce the numbe r of acres that they intend to burn this spring...

The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas issued a news release Friday regarding requests CHC/SEK has received from employers and individuals to clear workers as virus free. “Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas is committed to developing systems at our all of our clinics to address this outbreak of Coronavirus,” Linda Bean, CHC/SEK Chief Clinical Officer, said in a letter to employers. ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to be as flexible as possible to get food out to the people who need it during the COVID-19 National Emergency. On Wednesday, March 18, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which includes billions of dollars in nutrition assistance for children and families. ...

TOPEKA – (March 27, 2020) – More than 100 complaints alleging price gouging have been filed since the state’s anti-profiteering law was triggered by the governor’s declaration of a state of emergency related to COVID-19, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action to help increase the supply of ventilators, ventilator tubing connectors, and ventilator accessories, as well as filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) due to shortages during COVID-19, as part of our commitment to ease burdens on the health care system during this pandemic...

Lanita Rochelle Tucker, age 65, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, March 26, 2020, at the Select Specialty Hospital, Kansas City, Kan. Private burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will announce a public memorial service at a future date including a full obituary. Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Rick Langerot, former Fort Scott wrestling coach, has been selected by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association to enter the Kansas Wrestling Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony is scheduled to take place Oct. 3 at the KWCA “Fritz Knorr” Awards and Hall of Fame Banquet in Salina...