Online chats
Emporia Mayor Jeff Longbine and Newman Regional Health chief Robert Driewer will participate in online chats with Gazette readers this week. Longbine’s chat will begin at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and Driewer’s at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Questions may be submitted in advance or during the chats at www.emporiagazette.com.
More flu
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas has confirmed four more H1N1 flu cases, bringing the total to 22 in the state.
The Department of Health and Environment said Sunday in a news release that the latest cases involve one adult and one child in Johnson County and two children in Wyandotte County.
The state health department has established a phone line for concerned Kansans to call with questions about swine flu. The number is 1-877-427-7317. Operators will be available to answer questions from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Missouri has 10 confirmed H1N1 flu cases.
Lucky ducks
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Just in time for Mother’s Day, a mother duck has been reunited with two of her babies who fell into a storm drain in Manchester, N.H.
The mother was crossing the street with 11 ducklings parading behind her Thursday when two of the little ones tumbled through a grate. Workers at a nearby hair salon called police, who sent a crew from the city water works department.