October 2022
Bonuses flowing to Kansas workers providing direct care for people with disabilities
TOPEKA — The president of the nonprofit Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas lauded the state’s distribution of unique retention and recruitment bonuses to thousands of people providing direct care for individuals with disabilities.
Kansas inmates got punished for drinking alcohol when the prison system was misusing tests
TOPEKA — The Kansas prison system admits it’s been misusing an alcohol-detecting test that it’s relied on for years and relied on to sort out punishment for inmates it suspected were drinking. Prison officials had been dipping the test strips into drinks to detect alcohol when it’s only certified for sniffing out alcohol levels in saliva.
Pandemic spending at Kansas hospitals could make insurance more expensive
WICHITA, Kansas — Spending shot up at hospitals in the first year of the pandemic amid struggles to find workers and critical supplies. Kansas saw a particularly big jump — and residents may end up footing the bill.
Parents outraged that daughter is with married man
Dear Amy: After six years of marriage to our 33-year-old daughter “Karen,” our son-in-law decided that he was in love with the woman with whom he’d been having an affair during three years of their marriage.
Recent COVID-19 news; non-medication treatments for joint pain
Q: What’s going on with COVID-19 these days? Half of the news sounds good, half bad. -- Gene W., Annapolis, Maryland A: The past two years have been a tutorial in how science evolves and how “doing the best we can, until we learn more” can cause a lot of confusion.
Narrow angle glaucoma calls for an immediate laser iridotomy
DEAR DR. ROACH: My eye doctor told me I’m in danger of an “acute attack” of narrow angle glaucoma and that I need iridotomy in both eyes right away.
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Reports
The Franklin County Sheriff ’s Office released the following reports for Sept. 29-Oct.
AREA BRIEFS
TOPEKA – Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly ordered flags throughout the state to be flown at half-staff on all state buildings, grounds and facilities on Saturday and Sunday in recognition of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day.