April 2020

Experts say rural areas not off hook for virus

Body ARLINGTON, Virginia – While larger urban areas may be seeing the number of coronavirus cases slow, cases in rural areas are just beginning, two experts said during a briefing from the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Tuesday.

REOPEN MISSOURI?

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Being frustrated and wanting Missouri to reopen is understandable, but not reason enough to do so, Missouri Nurses Association Director Heidi Lucas, Jefferson City, said Wednesday.
MISSOURI Nurses Association Director Heidi Lucas, Jefferson City, cautions against the state sending people back to work too soon.

CORONAVIRUS ECLIPSES EARTH DAY

Body RICHMOND – Earth Day came and went Monday with little notice, which is understandable, given that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, insists upon itself, being so overbearing on the human experience that little else manages to enter the spotlight.
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Mary Frances Walters

Body Mary Frances (Marsh) Walters, 86 of Excelsior Springs, MO, formerly of Valley Falls, KS passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020 at Excelsior Springs Hospital. She was born May 13, 1933 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of William R. and Mary E. (Simons) Marsh.
Mary Frances Walters