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LMH Health, formerly Lawrence Memorial Hospital, is a not-for-profit community hospital that's served Lawrence and the surrounding area for nearly a century. (Photo by J. Schafer)

LMH Health Eliminates Health Insurance for 3 Dozen Part Time Employees

J. Schafer – Thursday, October 17th, 2019

Lawrence's not-for-profit community hospital, LMH Health, is eliminating health insurance for some of its employees. By January, about three dozen part-time workers will no longer have access to health insurance through the hospital. In addition, they'll no longer be able to accrue PTO, or paid time off. The hospital is also changing employee retirement benefits. Why? Is the hospital running low on money? CEO Russ Johnson says no. Despite losing money this year, Johnson says LMH Health is on sound financial footing. Listen to KPR's two-part interview to learn more.

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Hillsboro Community Hospital in Hillsboro, Kansas, about 50 miles north of Wichita, has kept its doors open through a receivership and bankruptcy. (Photo from Hillsboro Chamber)

Kansas City Firm Makes $6.9 Million Bid for Rural Kansas Hospital

Associated Press – Wednesday, October 9th, 2019

A Kansas City company that specializes in turning around financially distressed-hospitals is seeking to purchase a rural central Kansas hospital that is in bankruptcy.

A Meals on Wheels volunteer places meals into his car to deliver to senior citizens and homebound members in the community. (Photo provided by Meals on Wheels)

Meals on Wheels Seeks More Volunteers to Serve Douglas, Shawnee, Jefferson Counties

J. Schafer – Monday, October 7th, 2019

Meals on Wheels of Eastern Kansas needs more volunteers to help deliver food in Douglas, Shawnee and Jefferson counties. President and CEO Heidi Pickerell says new volunteers are especially needed in Douglas County.

Compass Behavior Health in Garden City offers substance use evaluations, individual therapy and 24-hour crisis services. (Photo by Corinne Boyer / High Plains Public Radio and the Kansas News Service)

Growing Meth Problems in Western Kansas Prompting DEA to Open New Office

High Plains Pub... – Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

Two years after closing an office in Garden City, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency announced this week it’s coming back to town. The agency’s new setup comes at a time when methamphetamine seizures are on the rise in southwest Kansas.

In this photo provided by Silvies Valley Ranch, Colby Marshall poses for a picture in Burns, Oregon. Silvies Valley Ranch owns five bulls that were found dead with sex organs and tongues removed. The animal deaths recall mutilations of livestock across the West and Midwest in the 1970s and 80s. Marshall believes a cult is behind the bull deaths. (Photo by David Zaitz / Silvies Valley Ranch via AP)

5 Bulls Found Dead in Oregon; Then the Story Gets Weird

Associated Press – Thursday, October 3rd, 2019

The recent discovery of mutilated bulls in Oregon recalls a series of similar livestock mutilations in the West and Midwest, including Kansas, during the 1970s and '80s.

(Photo from Wikimedia Commons)

Another Kansas School District Sues E-Cigarette Maker as Illness and Death Toll Rises

Associated Press – Friday, September 27th, 2019

The Olathe school district is preparing to sue a leading e-cigarette maker as the number of deaths from a vaping-related lung disease continues to climb. Meanwhile, health officials at the CDC say there have been 805 confirmed and probable cases reported. That's up 52% from a week ago. At this point, illnesses have occurred in almost every state. The confirmed deaths include two in Kansas and one in Missouri.

(Photo by J. Schafer)

Kansas Officers Seize More than $880,000 in Suspected Drug Money

Associated Press – Thursday, September 12th, 2019

Kansas law enforcement officers are always trying to keep drugs off the street but lately, instead of intercepting shipments of heroin, cocaine and pot, state troopers have been confiscating loads of cold, hard cash. Nearly a million dollars in suspected drug money has been recovered by state troopers since June.

Racquel Stucky is a family medicine physician in Finney County who specializes in preventative medicine. (Photo by Corrine Boyer, High Plains Public Radio / Kansas News Service)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases on the Rise in Rural Kansas

Kansas News Service – Tuesday, September 10th, 2019

In 2017, data from the group Kansas Health Matters showed Finney County in southwest Kansas with the second highest rate of STDs in the state behind Wyandotte County. Finney County health officials say increasing drug abuse and sex trafficking are among the root causes behind the spike in gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia and HIV cases.

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(Image by Crysta Henthorne / Kansas News Service)

What If We Belched Less CO2 into the Atmosphere by Stashing It under Kansas?

Kansas News Service – Wednesday, September 4th, 2019

Could Kansas play a role in slowing climate change? Some researchers are studying whether the state could be a handy place to bury the carbon dioxide that’s making Earth’s atmosphere work like a greenhouse. What might it take to make Kansas a bulwark for the environment? Listen to this report from the Kansas News Service.

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Students at Broken Arrow Elementary in the Shawnee Mission School District develop reading skills using iPads. Every student in the district receives an iPad or Macbook. (Photo by Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service)

Kansas Teachers Compete with Netflix for Students' Attention in the Classroom

KMUW Radio – Friday, August 30th, 2019

Smartboards have been replacing chalkboards in Kansas for more than a decade. Yet districts are still trying to figure out tech’s place in the classroom.

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