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Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she’s running for reelection, citing Alabama’s “bucket load of common sense” in its response to the coronavirus pandemic. Ivey, 76, made the announcement in a video message released by her campaign. The Republican emphasized her administration’s investment in infrastructure, job creation, Alabama’s pandemic recovery and its low unemployment rate. “Alabama is working again, and the best is yet to come,” Ivey said in her distinct Southern drawl. Ivey faced both praise and criticism for her handling of the pandemic. Unlike some Southern governors, she issued a statewide mask order, a move that was criticized by some conservatives but won her praise from health officials and others for following scientific recommendations. That mask order has ended. She has often embraced GOP priorities during her four years in office, including signing the nation’s most stringent aborti
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Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area Share Updated: 11:47 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff
Here are the latest COVID-19 updates in the Kansas City metro area Share Updated: 11:47 AM CDT Jun 3, 2021
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Show Transcript WEEKEND AS WELL. DONNA: FEELING LIKE SUMMER. THANK U.YO TURNING TO THE PANDEMIC HERE’S THE WEEKLY AVERAGE OF NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES SPREAD ACROSS OUR 9 COUNTY AREA. THE HIGHEST NUMBERS ARE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND KANSAS CI,TY MISSOURI, FOLLOWED BY JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS. JOHNSON COUNTY ALSO REPORTS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAILY NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS IS DOWN TO 48. TWO COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MISSOURI HAVE COVID-19 CASE RATES AROUND 10 TIMES THE STATE AVERAGE. THE HEALTH OFFICIALSN I LIVINGSTON AND LINN COUNTIES BLAME VARIANTS OF THVIRUSE FI RST
A citizen s tip led to the arrests of two people in connection with a burglary committed Saturday near Lake Melvern in Osage County, said Osage County Sheriff Chris Wells.
He identified those in custody as Kim L. Salzman, 64, and Christopher L. Winters, 53, both of Melvern.
A citizen called the Osage County Sheriff s Office Communications Center shortly after 3:15 p.m. Saturday to report people might be removing items from private property near S. Jordan Road and K-31 highway near Melvern Lake, Wells said in a news release.
The caller then told a dispatcher those people were leaving the area in a vehicle, and gave a description of it while also sharing the direction it was going, he said.