There were 105 deaths with heart disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a 6.1% increase over the previous week.
There were 21 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a 31.3% increase over the previous week.
There were 17 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas in the week ending Sept. 3, making up 4.3% of total deaths by all causes in Kansas.
Dodge City men's golf competed in their third tournament of the fall season and finished ninth as a team at the Farmers Insurance Sam Proal Invite in Pueblo, Colorado.
There were 14 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a 30% decrease from the previous week.
There were 109 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a 16% increase over the previous week.
There were 20 deaths with COVID-19 listed as a contributing cause reported in Kansas in the week ending Sept. 3, making up five% of total deaths by all causes in Kansas.
More than 270 student scholarships exceeding $320,000 were awarded to Fort Hays State University business and entrepreneurship students for the 2022-2023 academic year.
There were 24 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a 7.7% decrease from the previous week.
There were 21 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a 10.5% increase over the previous week.
There were 79 deaths from diseases of the heart reported in Kansas in the week ending Sept. 3, making up 19.8% of total deaths by all causes in Kansas.
As part of the Saints Scribes speaker series and Hispanic Heritage Month, the Seward County Community College Library will host the current Poet Laureate of Kansas Huascar Medina on Wednesday, September 21 at noon. The presentation will take place at the SCCC Library.
Kansas' death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Sep. 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The VA issued 320 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Kansas during the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, compared to 754 loans the previous quarter, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
There were less than 10 deaths with nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis listed as the underlying cause reported in Kansas during the week ending Sept. 17, 2022, a decrease from the previous week.