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Kansas vaccination stumbles leave health officials confused Rollout of a potentially pandemic-ending vaccine in Kansas — a state still seeing some of the highest infection rates in the country — looks at best uneven. And that’s put the state in last place, at least in terms of reporting, for the rate that it’s vaccinated its residents against the killer virus. Photo by Pixabay For starters, the COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for Ness County in west-central Kansas landed somewhere else. “That was my first clue we had a problem,” said Carolyn Gabel, the county’s public health adm...

Courthouse Sign Up by: Travis Meier Posted: / Updated: JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. - The county health department is asking all residents to fill out a survey to help them determine who will get the vaccine and when. The Jackson County Health Department is filling vaccination appointments through a survey tool, which helps officials decide who is most at risk. City Hall Honcho Talks Kansas City's new City Manager Brian Platt will take center stage at this month's meeting of the KC Downtowners. The virtual luncheon meeting is set for noon Wednesday, Jan. 13. Admission is free, although you will need t...

Brian Grimmett, Kansas News Service photo by: Associated Press A bottle of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is seen on a table before Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly received an injection Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) For starters, the COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for Ness County in west-central Kansas landed somewhere else. “That was my first clue we had a problem,” said Carolyn Gabel, the county’s public health administrator. Then someone from Dodge City called. Those vials bound for Ness City? They hadn’t been kept as cold as needed. They were ...

4:21 For starters, the COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for Ness County in west-central Kansas landed somewhere else. “That was my first clue we had a problem,” said Carolyn Gabel, the county’s public health administrator. Then someone from Dodge City called. Those vials bound for Ness City? They hadn’t been kept as cold as needed. They were no good anymore and needed replacing. Eventually, she had to drive to the next county to the west, pick up a different set of doses, put them in her cooler and dash back across 30-plus miles to her office. “Instead of having the vaccine before Ch...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Three teens injured in Ness County crash Three teenagers were injured early Tuesday when a car skidded off of a roadway in Ness County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. A 2009 Chevrolet Impala driven by Summer Renee Woods, 16, of Hanston, was eastbound on 110th Road at 1:20 a.m., 4.5 miles west of U.S. 283 and 2 miles south of Ness City, when the driver lost control of the car. The car skidded into the south ditch, rolled once and came to rest on its tires in a tree row facing east. Woods and a male passenger, Timothy Justice Lees, 15, of Ness City, w...