WASHINGTON – Army officials said Thursday that 98% of active duty personnel received at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots, but that more than 3,800 soldiers refused and could start being removed from the military next month.
WASHINGTON – There are plenty of reasons for Sebastian Garcia to feel downbeat about the future. After his family immigrated from Mexico, he was raised on a farm in northwest Texas, where he says there aren’t many racial slurs he hasn’t heard.
BOSTON – Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. Firms including Microsoft say state-backed Chinese and Iranian hackers and rogue cryptocurrency miners have already seized on it.
WASHINGTON – U.S. health care spending rocketed to $4.1 trillion last year as Congress opened the spigot of federal dollars to battle the coronavirus pandemic across multiple fronts.
The Ottawa Recreation Commission is hosting a blood drive at the Goppert Building gym on December 21 from 12 to 6 pm. All participants will receive a free "Chiefs Kingdom Blood Drive" t-shirt.
Starting December 20, city crews will begin collecting tree limbs that blew over during Wednesday night's storm and severe winds. According to City Manager Richard Nienstedt and Public Works Director Michael Haeffele, crews will make one complete pass through town the week of the 20th, and another the following week. Nienstedt and Haeffele say cleanup could "take a while" due to the size of many of the trees that fell during the storm.
On a drive through the county, you might notice rows of trees — windbreaks planted in the 1930s right after the dust bowl. They were planted as a way to prevent soil erosion.
A director at Garmin International is a new trustee on the 49-member board for the Emporia State University Foundation. Angela M.
The USD 290 Ottawa Board of Education changed the day and frequency of the regular board meetings. Regular board meetings will be the second Thursday of each month beginning at 7 p.m.
Lines again stretch around blocks at some COVID-19 testing sites. Refrigerated mobile morgues are on order, and parts of Europe are re-tightening borders amid a winter spike in coronavirus infections.