Kansas Klips

HAYS—HaysMed has filed a counterclaim against Dr. Jerod Grove and Greeley County Hospital.

MANHATTAN—In a moment of triumph for the Wildcat community, a one-of-a-kind banner that once graced the storied halls of Ahearn Fieldhouse has returned home after over five decades.

HAYS—Dr. Jerod Grove has sued HaysMed in U.S. District Court to stop the hospital from enforcing a non-compete clause that he says prevents him from practicing medicine in western Kansas. Grove, a general surgeon, resigned from the hospital on November 12th. HaysMed has employed him for nine years.

ELLIS COUNTY—Recent economic data from the Docking Institute of Public Affairs showed that Ellis County had the highest poverty rate in the region at 18%. Another 23% were classified as Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, or ALICE.

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Earlier this month, one of the male African elephants, Callee, had a unique dental procedure done at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

HAYS—A 47-year-old Overland Park man was arrested on charges of several alleged property thefts at the Hays Walmart. Hays Police Lieutenant Tim Greenwood said police first learned about Quinn Anthony McDonald in July when Walmart reported a theft.

HAYS—Big Boy No. 4104, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, passed through Hays in front of a crowd of hundreds on Sunday morning, October 20th.

CRAWFORD COUNTY—The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, and the Frontenac Police Department are conducting an investigation into the death of a man from Frontenac, Kansas. On Friday, October 11th, at approximately 8:20 p.m.

TOPEKA—The Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment together advise Kansans to be alert to the human health risk caused by unvaccinated animals following a second detection of rabies in a cat in the last two weeks, according to a media release from the...

SEDGWICK COUNTY— Just before 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 26th, police were called to a report about a five-year-old child who accidentally shot himself in the face with a flare gun while inside a vehicle, according to police spokesmanAndrew Ford.