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Body The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added six new possible symptoms of the coronavirus to its list: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and a loss of taste or smells.

Body Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is urging Kansans to use caution against a new text message scam involving COVID-19.

Body Even though she is mostly hidden behind a homemade safety mask, we recognized former Stockton resident Kathy Ross in a full-color photo on the front page of the Rawlins County Square Deal.

Body Kansas is once again a national leader in wind-generated renewable energy, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Annual Market Report.

Body Kansas has received its annual tobacco settlement payment totaling $53.3 million, Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced last week.

Body The Kansas Department of Transportation began work last week on a bridge replacement project on K-9 in Norton County.

Body Please read the message in this week’s issue from Dr. Doak Doolittle and the Phillips County Hospital explaining their surgery schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Body Dan Melton surprised his folks, coming home on Saturday and Sunday to help haul bales and cattle. Dan had been furloughed for three weeks from Textron Aviation in Wichita. He then worked two weeks, and was happy to be out in the country after being cooped up inside.

Body Agricultural producers now have more time to repay Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020.

Body At the regular meeting of the Stockton City Commission held on Tuesday, April 19th, Solomon Valley Manor Administrator Amanda Atkisson met with the commissioners to ask about submitting for the Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.