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Gracemed Health Clinic Board Chairperson Ron Stephen released a statement Thursday on behalf of the clinics board of directors regarding the recent resignation of CEO Venus Lee.

Studies show people in that area, exposed to toxic chemicals like trichloroethylene, are at greater risk for diseases like Parkinsons, and liver and kidney cancer.

The decades-long groundwater contamination from a northeast Wichita rail yard at 29th and Grove has left many in the impacted neighborhoods looking for answers.

Maryville City Schools employees will see a few hundred more dollars in their paycheck direct deposits this week, a “reimbursement” for COVID-19 expenses. As “disaster relief payments,” the money will not be taxed, Director Mike Winstead explained to the Maryville Board of Education before it approved the payments Monday, Dec. 14. A total of 876 full- and part-time employees will receive an amount equal to 2% of their gross pay to Nov. 3. Nearly half will receive the maximum...