In Kansas News
Nearly 60% of Kansans do not have local access to labor and delivery care, according to a report from the University of Kansas School of Nursing. As Rose Conlon of the Kansas News Service reports, it reflects growing gaps in access to maternal care.
"The number of Kansans who have to travel 60 or more miles for prenatal and postpartum care is rising, according to the report. That’s especially true in Southwest and Central Kansas. Karen Weis is professor at KU School of Nursing-Salina. She says the problem is not limited to hospital closures. Some remaining rural hospitals are limiting OB-GYN services due to a lack of doctors and nurses. “Those facilities are becoming less and less capable of maintaining that access tocare too, because of workforce issues.” She says the growing care gaps come as Kansas sees an increase in high-risk pregnancies due to issues like diabetes and high blood pressure. For the KNS I’m Rose Conlon in Wichita."
Seven new measles cases were reported in Kansas last week. State health officials say Kansas has recorded 71 cases, most of them since early March. All but two are associated with a measles outbreak in several southwest Kansas counties. More than a third of the cases are in Gray County, which is just west of Dodge City. Health officials say getting vaccinated is the best way to avoid catching and spreading the measles. Most of the reported cases are in unvaccinated children under the age of 10.
And in Missouri News
A Kennett, Missouri mother has been released from ICE custody.Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis.Mayorga, whose legal name is Ming Li Hui had overstayed a visa after fleeing domestic abuse in Hong Kong.Yesterday, she walked free from a jail in Springfield. Immigration officials released her under the Deferred Enforcement Departure program, which allows certain immigrants from Hong Kong to remain in the U.S.Her lawyer, Raymond Bolourtchi says Mayorga will be eligible to stay until February 2027.
“We’re not in any way out or in the clear. We're still trying to reopen her case. She still has an order of deportation.
Mayorga’s story gained national attention after pushback from her rural community, which broadly supported President Donald Trump in the last election.
Ten artists from nine countries are in Joplin this week for the World Street Painting Festival, Route 66.The event is hosted by Visit Joplin and the Netherlands-based World Street Painting Foundation.Two of the artists are from the U.S. others are from places like France, Japan, the Netherlands and Germany. The 3-D at pieces they create must reflect a Route 66 theme. The works of the 10 artists will add to the street paintings completed last year outside the Cornell Arts and Entertainment Center.The festival is Joplin's signature event celebrating the Route 66 centennial. You can watch the artists at work today and tomorrow at Joplin's Schifferdecker Park.
An opening will be held Saturday from 10 to 2.
This has been your Four State’s Newscast for KRPS for Tuesday, June 3. I’m Rachel Schnelle .
