The Associated Press

Newman Regional Health is partnering with Lyon County Public Health to offer a COVID-19 vaccination clinic this week.

TOPEKA — Kansas may have paid $600 million worth of bogus claims for unemployment benefits last year, a legislative audit said Wednesday, more than double an estimate from the state Department of Labor.

The Emporia Gazette

Lyon County Public Health officials reported one additional COVID-related death along with 31 new positives and 36 recoveries, Monday morning, bringing the county’s active cases down to 94.

Southern Lyon County USD 252 Superintendent Dr. Mike Argabright was appointed by Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson to serve on a task force overseeing the dispersal of federal COVID-19 funds to schools across the state earlier this week.