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COVID-19 cases surge 13.6% in Kansas Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK New coronavirus cases leaped in Kansas in the week ending Sunday, rising 13.6% as 827 cases were reported. The previous week had 728 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Kansas ranked 22nd among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 1.5% from the ...

Pierceville community members spoke against the development of a sand mine right next to the township at the Finney County Commission meeting Monday and at a separate community meeting Wednesday.

New coronavirus cases leaped in Kansas in the week ending Sunday, rising 13% as 1,290 cases were reported. The...

By The Telegram staff Finney County added three new positive confirmed COVID-19 cases with an overall total of 6,082 as of Friday, with an increase to 33 active positive cases being monitored. Of the Finney County cases, there are no individuals currently hospitalized as of Friday, and there has been a total to 49 deaths.  A total of 11,693 cases have tested negative for COVID-19. There are 20 cases pending as of Friday. The positivity rate for this week has increased to eight percent. The Fin...

Potter and Randall counties to receive nearly $50 million from American Rescue Plan Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The U.S. Treasury Department opened an online portal for counties to begin requesting their share of the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, and the portal shows Potter and Randall counties combined being eligible for nearly $50 million. The amount is based on the population of the counties. According to the Texas Association of Counties, half of the mon...

Posted By: Jacob Weston May 7, 2021 @ 7:13 am Local News, News Garden City Police/Facebook By the Associated Press Ford County authorities say a 23-year-old Garden City man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash during a law enforcement pursuit. Sheriff Bill Carr said Wednesday that Luis Salgado was injured when he was thrown from his vehicle after it rolled on Sunday. Authorities say Salgado was a suspect in a sta...

Man dies in Dodge City after crash while fleeing officers May 6, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Garden City man has died from injuries he suffered in a crash while he was fleeing law enforcement officers on Sunday. Ford County Sheriff Bill Carr said Wednesday that Luis Salgado, 23, was injured when his car hit a power pole and rolled several times, throwing him from the vehicle. Salgado was a suspect in a stabbing in Garden City, The Dodge City Globe reported. Carr said t...

Criminal Complaint: More than $1.2 million worth of drugs found during traffic stop in Gray County Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn GRAY COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - A woman faces federal charges after a Gray County Chief Deputy reported finding $1.2 million of heroin and $150,000 of cocaine during a traffic stop, according to a criminal complaint. On May 1, the county chief deputy stopped a car in Gray County on eastbound I-40 for a traffic violation. The deputy says the driver, identified as Mag...

4/30/2021: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., New Beginnings Church, 2021 N Western Ave. _______________ More about the blood drive ( from their press release): With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross is celebrating the blood donors who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and urging healthy individuals to join them in giving.  Nearly 2.6 million R...

Historically Speaking: Life of cattleman "Doc" Barton Kathie Bell Special to the Globe This man was truly a pioneer. He brought cattle up from Texas before there were cattle drives coming this way, or even before the railroad reached Dodge City. D. Welborn "Doc" Barton was born in Burnet County, Texas on December 22, 1852 to Stephen D. Barton and Susan K. Hightower Barton. Little is known about Bartons life before he reached the age of 20 other than he had nine brothers and four sisters. In 187...