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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

THE UNKNOWN GOD. Polytheism (belief in many gods) inundated the Roman Empire. In fact, they attributed their standing as the world's powerhouse to maintaining good relations with ALL of "the gods." That makes Paul's comment in Acts 17:23 interesting indeed.

Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt encourawges Kansas consumers to visit with their auto insurers about potential discounts, rebates or reductions in premiums during the COVID-19 crisis.

Caleigh Iwanski, a 2020 graduate of Stockton High School, was recently awarded a scholarship from The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for the 2020-21 academic year.

As part of her administration’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Laura Kelly issued Executive Order #20-24 Thursday, April 16, which extends the duration of the state’s Stay-At-Home order established in E.O. #20-16 to expire on midnight May 3.