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There was little doubt at the beginning of 2021 that we would still be writing about COVID-19 long after the last cork was popped and the last round of “Auld Lang Syne” sung. As of this writing, 5,481,557 people are believed to have died from the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide, though, with over 300 million currently infected, the fatality rate is rapidly changing.

Former CHS student charged with firstdegree murder in death of Kansas man Former Canadian High School student and standout Wildcat athlete Dylan Weaver was one of four people arrested last month in Cowley County, Kansas, and charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 14 shooting death of 34-year-old Matthew Ryan Kelly of Arkansas City.

Amarillo’s National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for Texas Panhandle counties Wednesday in anticipation of high winds, with gusts out of the southwest as high as 70 mph, and dry conditions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Senate unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, designating Saturday, Dec. 18, as “Wreaths Across America Day.” A convoy of volunteers will travel from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery to lay Maine-made balsam wreaths at the headstones of American veterans interred there.

Saturday, Jan. 1 First day to apply for a ballot by mail in the March 1 primary election Monday, Jan.

Monday’s filing deadline brought a flurry of last-minute announcements by candidates in the March 1 primaries, which will determine major party nominees in the Nov. 8 general election.