FULTON, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri Health Care and a Kansas company plan to buy Callaway County Hospital in Fulton.
MU Health announced Thursday that it will partner with Nueterra, a health care management company based in Leawood, Kansas, to buy the hospital. Nueterra will be majority owner of the acute-care hospital with 37 beds.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports the buyers plan to extensively renovate the hospital and add technology and service lines.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors plan to dismiss charges against a man who allegedly made a threat at Kansas City International Airport on the 2011 anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The Kansas City Star reported Thursday prosecutors say in court records that Anthony Falco Jr. suffers from schizophrenia and is not likely to become competent to stand trial.
Federal prison authorities have twice determined Falco is not a danger to society, which prevents him from being committed to a mental institution without his consent.
Prosecutors say that forces them to ask a judge to dismiss the indictment.
Falco, whose last known address was East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody since Sept. 11, 2011, when he was accused of trying to carry bags filled with fake bombs through an airport checkpoint.
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Area Average : $2.405
Last Week: $2.488 Last Month: $2.813 6 Months Ago: $3.381 Last Year: $2.837
Average Cost To Fuel A Vehicle With a 15 Gallon Tank: $36.08
Last Week: $37.32 Last Month: $42.19 6 Months Ago: $50.71 Last Year: $42.56
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The Kansas Health Foundation has awarded more than $750,000 in grants for 41 projects across the state aimed at improving Kansans’ health.
The Wichita-based foundation, which also is the major source of funding for the Kansas Health Institute, gives up to $2 million a year in “recognition grants.” The competitive awards are made twice a year. Application deadlines for the two grant cycles are March 15 and Sept. 15. Any tax-exempt, nonprofit organization that meets the foundation’s guidelines is eligible to apply.
Recipients of awards in fall 2014 are:
• Aging Services Transformation Alliance (ASTRA), $24,342
• American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, $25,000
• Argentine Neighborhood Development Association, $25,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kansas City, $25,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, $25,000
• Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan, $18,000
• Church of the Savior, $13,842
• City of Topeka Municipal Court, $25,000
• CLASS LTD, $10,454
• Communities in Schools of Wichita/Sedgwick County, $22,411
• Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties, $22,384
• Court Appointed Special Advocates: A Voice for Children, $10,000
• Douglas County, $15,000
• Family Service and Guidance Center of Topeka, $11,441
• First Care Clinic of Ellis County, $3,696
• First Call for Help, $15,000
• Girls on the Run of the Flint Hills, $14,083
• Girls on the Run of Sedgwick County, $25,000
• Griots Storytelling Institute, $24,061
• Harvesters, $25,000
• Hesston College/Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, $24,440
• Interfaith Housing Services of Reno County, $25,000
• Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters, $24,997
• Kansas Food Bank Warehouse, $25,000
• Kansas State Research and Extension, $6,000
• Kansas State University, $22,990
• Mo-Kan 20/20 Vision, $25,000
• Muscular Dystrophy Association of Johnson County, $10,000
• Pawnee County, $13,310
• Prairie Independent Living Resource Center of Hutchinson, $4,000
• Project Teen-Safe, $24,543
• Safehome, $25,000
• Stormont-Vail Foundation, $25,000
• TDC Learning Centers of Topeka, $25,000
• Topeka LULAC Multipurpose Senior Center, $22,000
• Union Rescue Mission, $12,932
• University of Kansas Center for Research, $25,000
• USD 289 Wellsville Public Schools, $2,000
• USD 489 Hays School District, $10,000
• William Inge Festival Foundation, $15,000
• Young Women’s Christian Association of Wichita, $22,156
More information about the projects is available on the Kansas Health Foundation website.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska football player is recovering after being attacked by an apparently camera-shy raccoon.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Husker defensive end Jack Gangwish spotted the animal on the side of the road Wednesday night as he was driving north of Lincoln and decided to take a picture of himself with the raccoon using his cellphone.
When he approached the animal, it attacked, biting the 21-year-old Gangwish on the calf.
Gangwish killed the animal with a crescent wrench he grabbed from his truck.
Authorities are testing the raccoon for rabies.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new Orion spacecraft is on its way to orbit.
The unmanned orbital test flight began Friday with a sunrise liftoff witnessed by thousands of NASA guests gathered at Cape Canaveral for the second morning in a row. The crowd size and excitement were reminiscent of the shuttle-flying days.
This high-stakes mission is meant to usher in a new era of human exploration leading ultimately to Mars.
Orion’s debut will be brief — just 4½ hours from launch to splashdown, with two orbits of Earth. But for the first time in 42 years, NASA is sending a spacecraft built for humans farther than a couple hundred miles from Earth. The previous time was the Apollo 17 moon shot.
And it’s NASA’s first new spaceship since the shuttle.
Thursday’s launch attempt was foiled by wind and balky valves.
ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) — A woman in southern Colorado was surprised when she gave birth to a baby girl that tipped the scales at almost 14 pounds.
Mia Yasmin Garcia was born by cesarean section in Alamosa on Monday, weighing 13 pounds, 13 ounces. She was flown to a hospital outside Denver because she had low glucose levels and trouble breathing. Her father says she’s doing well and the family hopes to take her home soon.
KUSA-TV in Denver reports her mother, Alisha Hernandez, was expecting a 7-pound baby.
Mia’s father, Francisco Garcia, says the newborn’s size shocked everyone, including hospital staff. He says “they were like, ‘Whoa!’ They opened their eyes like they’ve never seen a baby like that.”
Four older sisters are welcoming Mia. Garcia says their mother announced: “I’m done!”
CAMERON- Two Missouri women were injured in an accident just before 10 p.m. on Thursday in DeKalb County. One of them was arrested.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Ford Taurus driven by Cally A. Stanton, 27, Bethany, was southbound on Route C three miles west of Cameron and failed to stop at a stop sign at U.S. 36.
The Ford was hit by a 2015 Volvo driven by Richard P. Brighten, 66, Forest City, that was westbound on U.S. 36. The collision pushed the Ford off the north side of the road.
Stanton and a passenger Cathy A. Stanton, 60, Bethany, were transported to Liberty Hospital.
The MSHP reported Cally Stanton and Brighten were properly restrained at the time of the accident. She was also arrested on requested charges of felony possession of a controlled substance – 2 counts of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to stop at a stop sign and class c felony – assault 2nd degree
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a man and a woman whose burned bodies were found in an abandoned van.
The Kansas City Star reports 30-year-old Christopher Canagan pleaded guilty Thursday to a handful of charges including second-degree murder and armed criminal action. He admitted to killing 24-year-old Dennis Smith and 22-year-old Linda Williams in September 2013.
Canagan shot Smith as he sat in the driver’s seat of the van. Williams jumped out of the van, but Canagan forced her back into the vehicle and drove away. He set the van on fire in Kansas City, Kansas.
LENEXA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Thursday in Johnson County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Peterbilt semi driven by Blackmore II, Robert Melvin Blackmore II, 55, Kansas City, was northbound on Interstate 35 at 87th Street in Lenexa.
A 2001 Chevy Tahoe driven by Ana Maria Gomez-Martinez, 37, Kansas City was also northbound and slowed in response to traffic. The semi could not stop in time and rear-ended the Chevy.
Gomez-Martinez was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.
