GREAT BEND TRIBUNE State revises some death counts
The total number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Kansas was adjusted downward last week, from 4,851 on Wednesday, March 10, to 4,824 on Friday, March 12, or 27 fewer, according to numbers released by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. On Monday, Barton County’s COVID-19 death toll was adjusted from 48 to 46 and Pawnee County’s was adjusted from 14 to 13.
The KDHE explained that the decrease in deaths is attributed to the review of death certificates. “Deaths initially reported to KDHE/Local Health Departments as COVID-19 related were identified during the review process as not having COVID-19 as the main cause or contributing cause of death. This is a normal process that occurs.”
GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Pawnee Valley Campus offers Five Star Customer Service Courtesy photo
Members of the Customer Service Team lead a class during the Heart and Mind training session at The University of Kansas Health System Pawnee Valley Campus. From left to right are Megan Donecker, Nishka McKenzie and Angela Meitner.
LARNED – Since the focus at the hospital in Larned is on patients and their families, each new hire and current employee participates in customer-service training.
The Five Star Customer Service sessions started last year at The University of Kansas Health System Pawnee Valley Campus, 923 Carroll Ave. The first round of classes is wrapping up.
Four arrested for Burdett shooting, attempted robbery
The Hutchinson News
LARNED – Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with the shooting and attempted robbery of two men in Burdett earlier this month, the Pawnee County Attorney reported.
Thomas R. “Tre” Jones III, 21, and Tristin M. Scott, 18, both of Larned, made first appearances in the case Wednesday afternoon before Magistrate Judge Julie Cowell, according to a release from Pawnee County Attorney Douglas W. McNett.
Cowell set a Jan 5 preliminary hearing for Jones, while Scott’s hearing was set for Jan. 6. Both remain in the Pawnee County jail.
Agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation arrested Jones and Scott, along with two juveniles, separately earlier in the day Wednesday.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Hospital Foundation project supports all Pawnee County students Pawnee Valley Community Hospital Foundation representatives deliver sensory kits to Fort Larned Elementary School students. Adults in the background, from left to right, are: Julie Bugner-Smith, Foundation director; Laura Smith and Suzan Haynes, both Foundation trustees; and Kimi Bowman, Culture Committee member. Brooke Harting, another Culture Committee member, is not pictured.
LARNED The Pawnee Valley Community Hospital (PVCH) Foundation wanted to demonstrate its support for local young people and their families as they adapt to COVID-19 protocols and guidelines. The result is more than 900 sensory kits being delivered to all students in Fort Larned USD 495 and Pawnee Heights USD 496, explained Julie Bugner
KBI investigating shootings of two men in Pawnee County
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that happened overnight Friday in Burdett, Kansas.
The first victim was shot around 12:20am Friday at a home, and before deputies arrived at that incident, another call was received regarding a second shooting victim a block away.
Investigators from the Edwards County Sheriff’s Office, Hodgeman County Sheriff’s Office, the Larned Police Department, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal all responded to assist.
The Pawnee County Sheriff’s Office requested KBI assistance around 1am following the second shooting.