Story updated at 5:37 p.m. Friday WICHITA — A nursing home resident who became Kansas’ first COVID-19-related death was infected at the Life Care Center of Kansas City, which is owned by the same company that runs the facility in Washington state linked to 22 fatalities, state health ...
By close of business Monday, all Kansas district courts must have a plan to keep critical functions running, according to a Thursday order from the Kansas Supreme Court. If a Kansas district court is forced to close because of an infectious disease outbreak and that closure is approved by one ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical first responders are currently following the same protocol they normally do, Tom Fagan, division chief of administration, said Thursday. As concerns of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, spread, Fagan told the Journal-World that LDCFM’s responders ...
Baldwin City-based Baker University is now among the universities changing class schedules in response to coronavirus concerns. Baker already was scheduled to be on spring break from March 16 to March 20. But instead of resuming normal classes after spring break, the university will teach ...
A group of Bishop Seabury Academy students spending their spring break in Greece are cutting their trip short to head back home amid federal travel restrictions to combat the spread of coronavirus. About 30 students from Bishop Seabury on Thursday were in Athens as part of an educational ...
Effective immediately, Lawrence's hospital will not be permitting any visitors under the age of 18, as well as those with respiratory symptoms or those who have recently traveled to a confirmed coronavirus outbreak area. LMH Health announced the measures Thursday afternoon, and spokeswoman ...
The Douglas County Jail is equipped to handle individuals who need medical quarantine, according to the sheriff’s office. As gatherings of people are being canceled across the country amid fears of COVID-19, the Journal-World inquired Tuesday about what protocol is in place for screening ...
UPDATED STORY: Douglas County health department prohibits large gatherings, orders 2-week closure of schools, rec centers, libraries Lawrence Superintendent Anthony Lewis said in a Thursday message to parents and guardians that the school district would resume classes Monday. But Lewis ...
Story updated at 5:53 p.m. Thursday The NCAA canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented move comes a day after the NCAA ...
Story updated at 4:10 p.m. Thursday Retirement communities in Lawrence have started taking precautions against the new coronavirus by implementing new policies designed to limit exposure. Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Health Care Association recommended ...
Updated story - Kansas high school basketball tournament canceled after completing quarterfinal round High school state basketball tournaments are taking place and will allow spectators despite the growing concern over the new coronavirus, organizers of the tournament announced ...
As Kansas’ public universities prepare to shut down their campuses in light of the growing coronavirus pandemic, the state’s K-12 education leader said school districts must look to their local health departments for guidance on possible closures. State Education Commissioner Randy Watson ...
One day after extending its spring break by a week and telling faculty to adopt online learning materials — while keeping the campus open — in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the University of Kansas has yet to finalize answers as to how it will keep its open facilities sanitary and ...
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long said in a statement Thursday that all athletic-related travel is canceled indefinitely, and home and away athletic events have been suspended in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The statement came shortly after all NCAA conference basketball ...
The Lawrence Public Library is canceling all events through the end of the month as a result of the spreading coronavirus, but it otherwise plans to stay open to the public, the library’s leader said Thursday. Beginning Friday, all events at the library will be canceled. The earliest any ...
Haskell Indian Nations University is joining the University of Kansas and other universities across the country in delaying the start of classes following spring break in the midst of a worldwide virus pandemic. Haskell's spring break, which was set to end Monday, March 16, will now be ...
Story updated at 8:55 p.m. Thursday Topeka — Kansas has seen its first COVID-19 death, a man in his 70s who lived in a nursing home in the Kansas City, Kan., area, state health officials announced Thursday. The Wyandotte County man’s case had been the fifth confirmed novel coronavirus ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is banning all public events with more than 1,000 attendees as cancellations mounted around the state because of concerns over the new coronavirus. Mayor Quinton Lucas made the announcement Thursday, shortly after organizers cancelled a St. Patrick's Day parade ...
Story updated at 4:37.m. Wednesday SEATTLE — Undertaking the most sweeping efforts yet to contain the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, authorities banned large gatherings in the hard-hit Seattle area and San Francisco and closed Seattle's schools Wednesday, while the NCAA announced it will ...
Despite cancellations worldwide and a reported case in Johnson County, the coronavirus won’t yet affect group gatherings in Douglas County, city and county officials said. There are currently no plans to cancel future events that may draw large crowds, said Porter Arneill, communications ...