Stories from Thursday, March 31, 2022

Nola J. Smith, age 67, a resident of Redfield, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 30, 2022. She was born September 25, 1954, in Ft Scott, Kan., the daughter of Calvin L. Pitts and Grace Wiggans Pitts. Nola married Richard Alan Smith on March 27, 1971, at the United Methodist Church in Uniontown, Kan. ...

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) today announced their continued efforts to shift to the next chapter of the COVID-19 response, pivoting from emergency pandemic response to endemic normalcy. On April 1, KDHE will make changes to continue the transition from emergency response to our ‘new normal,’ which includes life with COVID-19—similar to how we deal with other recurring diseases like the flu. ...