MIAMI COUNTY, Kansas —On Friday first responders were dispatched to Hospital Drive south of 327th Street for a vehicle in the water, according to the Miami County Sheriff. The flood waters had receded showing the roof of a silver passenger car. The vehicle was a 2006 Chevy Malibu owned by Rachel Phillips. Authorities removed the car from the water and found her deceased inside. Her cause of death has not been determined, according to the sheriff’s department.
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MIAMI COUNTY, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for Hazel L. Phillips, age 78.
According to The Miami County Sheriff, Hazel was last contacted on Tuesday in the evening hours by her family.
She told her family that she would be going to Drexel, Missouri Wednesday morning . Hazel did not make it to her destination in Drexel, Missouri.
She is known to drive a silver 2008 Chevrolet Malibu with Kansas tag 450HLB, which is missing also. It is unknown what Hazel is wearing. Hazel is 5-foot-6, 120 pounds, Brown hair and green eyes. Hazel may be suffering from medical conditions which could be a safety concern for her.
Hazel may be in the Paola or Osawatomie location. If you make contact with Hazel or see her, please call the Investigations Division at the Miami County Sheriff’s Office at 913-294-3232.
The Casey’s General Store chain announced a new partnership with Prime the Pump, a Growth Energy partner and nonprofit organization dedicated to helping give more consumers E15 at their local pumps. Casey’s says it will expand the offering of E15 to potentially more than 500 of its locations over the next few years. E15 is currently approved for nine out of ten cars on the road today and American drivers have surpassed five billion miles on it. Nathaniel Doddridge, Casey’s Director of Fuels, says, “We’re excited to partner with Prime the Pump and Growth Energy to build on the success and accelerate the offering of E15 to more of our customers.” Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says they’re very happy to see the partnership between Prime the Pump and Casey’s, saying they’re taking it to record-breaking heights to give more American drivers access to a clean-burning option at the pump. “Casey’s has seen the value E15 brings to their business and their customers, and will soon become the nation’s largest E15 retailer,” she says. “The announcement underscores the critical need for lawmakers to approve the year-round use of E15.”
Industry experts say the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement could lead to modest export gains for U.S. poultry, pork, and beef. A new report from CoBank says the agreement is expected to keep tariffs on food and agriculture between the three countries at zero. The report says the U.S. chicken sector exports are predicted to rise 47,000 metric tons in Canada during the first year of the USMCA. U.S. turkey shipments are predicted to increase by 1,000 metric tons annually. The CoBank report says the major holdup to increasing growth in other U.S. protein sectors is the pending removal of Canadian tariffs on prepared beef products, as well as Mexican tariffs on pork that were also put in place earlier this year. The report also says that the USMCA seems to be a combination of terms from NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which the president dumped just days after taking office. CoBank expects the new USMCA agreement to be ratified by all three countries sometime in 2019.
