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FIRST IN-PERSON DLG RUN A SUCCESS
The 2nd annual and first in-person DLG Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K and costume contest was held on Saturday at Dodge City Family YMCA. Proceeds for the event went to Ford County Suicide Prevention Coalition and Dodge City High School Student Club. The run was in honor of Devon Griego, of Dodge City, who died by suicide in 2018. “We raised $800 between online and in-person sign ups,” event organizer Charree Rodriguez said. “It was a good turnout for the first year, but next year I’m looking forward to some new ideas.” PROVIDED BY CHARREE RODRIGUEZ
Dodge City Special Olympics team receives grant
The Dodge City Special Olympics team is a recent recipient of a $2,200 grant from the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas. According to Michelle Leatherwood with Dodge City Special Olympics, the grant will go towards the team purchasing the equipment necessary to learn to new games to compete in as well as get its athletes back into athletic and social activities that Olympics provides for them.
No injuries in trash can fire at Northwest Elementary
On Monday afternoon, according to Dodge City USD 443 public information officer Kerri Baker, local Fire/EMS services responded to alarm at Northwest Elementary. “There was a fire started in a trash can,” Baker said.
Omicron seems milder but may evade vaccines
JOHANNESBURG – The omicron variant appears to cause less severe disease than previous versions of the coronavirus, and the Pfizer vaccine seems to offer less defense against infection from it but still good protection from hospitalization, according to an analysis of data from South Africa, where the new variant is driving a surge in infections.
Report: Record highs in the Arctic
The Arctic continues to deteriorate from global warming, not setting as many records this year as in the past, but still changing so rapidly that federal scientists call it alarming in their annual Arctic report card.
27 airmen dismissed for vaccine refusal
WASHINGTON – The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines, making them what officials believe are the first U.S. service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shots.
Fuel truck explosion kills many in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A truck carrying gasoline overturned and exploded in a fireball in northern Haiti, engulfing cars and homes in flames as it killed more than 50 people and injured dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year.
NATION & WORLD WATCH
Storm drenches Southern California with heavy rain LOS ANGELES – Rain drenched Southern California on Tuesday as a powerful storm slid down the state, snarling traffic as vehicles spun out and raising the threat of mudslides in areas scarred by wildfires. Nearly 7 inches of rain fell before dawn in one area of Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles, the National Weather Service said.
One week
I was given one week to learn about a man named Bob Dole. Seven days – that was my deadline.