Former US Rep. Karen McCarthy dies at age 63 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease
Ex.-US Rep. Karen McCarthy dies at age 63 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former U.S. Rep. Karen McCarthy, who represented the Kansas City area for more than a decade but left amid allegations that she misused her staff and campaign funds for personal gain, died Tuesday. She was 63. Broken foot sidelines 7-foot Kansas center Jeff Withey for 4 to 6 weeks
Kansas C Jeff Withey has broken foot LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas center Jeff Withey will be out four to six weeks with a broken foot. Vanity Fair reporter acknowledges misidentifying Palin’s Down syndrome son in recent article
Vanity Fair reporter admits error in Palin article Air Force says it’s investigating whether sergeant exposed others to HIV at ’swinger’ parties
Air Force: Sergeant may have exposed others to HIV Kansas’ Sunset Zoo says chimp in her twilight years gave birth after coming off birth control
56-year-old chimp gives birth at zoo in Kansas Medical board files complaint against Kansas doctor over referrals for late-term abortions
Kan. medical board files complaint over abortions Michelle Obama to discuss childhood obesity at NAACP annual convention July 12 in Kansas CityTrial starts for Kan. doctor, wife accused of peddling prescriptions to addicts to make money
Kan. doctor tried on charges he ran ‘pill mill’ Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays; worst of storm still to hit Midwest
Winter storm starts to spread across Midwest $100 bills in hand, Kansas’ new Secret Santa hands out about $14K in one day; recruits othersBrownback says USDA animal disease lab will attract entrepreneurs to Kansas, help create jobs
Brownback: USDA lab will bring companies to Kansas Kansas commission recommends closing state hospital for mentally disabled in Topeka
Kan. panel backs closing state hospital in Topeka After more than 120 years, girls’ reformatory closing prompts reflectionHorror or haven? As reformatory for ‘incorrigible’ girls shuts, they reflect on contradictionsKansas, Oklahoma conduct first 2-state drill testing response to foot-and-mouth diseaseKan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill TOPEKA, Kan. — Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation’s food supply from foot-and-mouth disease. Ambulance companies start charging extra fees to transport extremely overweight patientsAmbulances start charging extra for obese patients TOPEKA, Kan. — As America battles the obesity crisis, ambulance companies increasingly are charging extra to transport patients who weigh several hundred pounds. Kansas doctor pleads guilty to illegally prescribing painkillers to woman who wasn’t a patientKan. doctor guilty of writing illegal prescription WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas doctor who worked for a physician accused of causing dozens of patient deaths from prescription drugs has pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing a painkiller for a women he never met. In rush to get out swine flu vaccine, suppliers report delay, cutbacks in winter flu versionsSuppliers face winter flu vaccine delays, cutbacks Waiting for the swine flu vaccine? Well, you might have to wait a bit longer for a seasonal flu shot, too. French supplier of seasonal flu vaccines acknowledges delay in producing doses for USSeasonal flu vaccine delayed for some US providers The biggest manufacturers of seasonal flu vaccines for the U.S. said they are delaying or reducing the number of doses shipped to health care providers — partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine. |