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Kansas community colleges, private colleges adopt student transfer agreement

Thirty-nine schools sign deal guaranteeing acceptance of 60 credit hours TOPEKA — An academic alliance years in the making among more than three dozen Kansas community colleges and independent colleges will help students earning an associate’s degree avoid costly and time-consuming problems of transferring credit hours to a four-year school. The coordination agreement signed by 19 members of the Kansas Community College Association and 20 members of the Kansas Independent College Association guaranteed students earning the twoyear diploma at a Kansas community college the opportunity to enroll as a junior at one of the nonprofit, private colleges or universities in the Kansas association.

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Kansas inmates wait months for treatment due to shortage of mental health hospital beds

Local hospitals, jails say they are overburdened with patients TOPEKA — Local government officials urged Kansas lawmakers to fund more mental health services, saying the shortage of mental health beds is pushing understaffed hospitals and jails to the brink. Larned State Hospital is the largest psychiatric facility in the state, used by the western two-thirds of Kansas.

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Club News

Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital Auxiliary (SBAMH) ended their summer hiatus with the first fall meeting on September 22, 2022, at the Trinity United Methodist Church in El Dorado. Thirty-eight members and one guest enjoyed treats provided by Mary Maloney, Helen Terrill, and Cindy Schaker.

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Louis’ Rose Hill Café

If you asked Louis Foreman what it takes to be a successful restaurant in Rose Hill, he would say something like this: blood, sweat and tears. Moving to Kansas 32 years ago from Louisiana and pivoting from musical teacher to restaurant owner, Foreman has shown up for the community for the last 25 years.

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