TOPEKA — The Kansas and national associations of nurse practitioners praised action by the Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly to reduce regulatory barriers to licensed advanced practice registered nurses practicing independently, including prescribing of medication without written authorization of a physician.
TOPEKA — Under a new Kansas law, those found guilty of child abuse will face harsher penalties in line with other severe crimes. House Bill 2508, signed into law Monday by Gov.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA–APHIS), has identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial turkey flock in McPherson County. This is the first case of HPAI in a commercial flock in Kansas; to this point, there have been four backyard flocks in Kansas that have had confirmed cases of HPAI.
The wheat is greening, the fruit trees are blooming and spring planting is in full swing. One day the temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees, and then two days later we received a dusting of snow. Needless to say, it’s all part of spring in Kansas!
Scott Paul Neufeld, 40, formerly of McPherson, KS, passed away on April 7, 2022, at his home in Grove, OK. Fu-neral arrangements are with Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson. (website: www.stockhamfamily. com)
Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Talbott, 84, passed away April 15, 2022, at his home in Marquette. Funeral arrangements are with Stockham Fam-ily Funeral Home, McPherson. (website: www.stockhamfamily. com)
Students in one Pennsylvania school district were not allowed to read a biography of the first Black president, Barack Obama. In some Tennessee classrooms, a nonfiction comic book about the atrocities of the Holocaust is banned.
On Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 10 am to 2 pm, the McPherson Police Department, McPherson County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will provide the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to Law Enforcement Center at 1177 W. Woodside Street in McPherson. (Sites cannot accept liquids, needles, or sharps, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
MCPHERSON – Prestigious may be an understatement on how to describe the James Madison Fellowship Award. Only one teacher per state is nominated to become a Madison “Fellow” and win the up to $24,000 in scholarships to help the recipient earn his or her masters degree in American History, Political Science or Government. This year for the state of Kansas, McPherson High School’s Government teacher Bryan Little was the nominee for the Madison Fellow Award.
MCPHERSON – Much like an itch that cannot be scratched, the Kansas wind refuses to leave McPherson athletics alone. Its latest victim is the McPherson Bulldogs baseball team, who dropped a 13-6 game to Tabor in not-so-great conditions on Tuesday afternoon.