Mother and child killed in NW OKC house fire, father and son badly burned
A mother and young boy were killed in an early morning house fire in northwest Oklahoma City. “I mean, it was bright red, completely covered in flames. And everyone was screaming,” said Clarissa. That ...
Mercy College of Health Sciences plans $15 million nursing school in downtown Des Moines
Mercy College of Health Sciences hopes to make a dent in Iowa's nursing shortage with a new $15 million nursing school.
The flu season is so severe that it's forcing schools to close across the country
Schools across the United States are closing temporarily due to surges of flu and other seasonal illnesses among students and ...
Flu is so bad right now that schools across the country are closing
Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...
Florida health system to take over Western Slope’s Mind Springs Health after years of investigations, financial struggles
Since Mind Springs is a nonprofit, South Miami-based Larkin Health System can’t buy it the way it could a fellow for-profit ...
Polk County to hold public hearing on proposed waste transfer facility
Waste haulers in the county would bring garbage and recycling to the proposed facility for sorting and ship it out, likely to Eastern Oregon.
State celebrates Morehouse School of Medicine contributions at its Golden Anniversary
Morehouse School of Medicine started from humble beginnings. But how much we have grown over our 50 years of doing this work, ...
Should Polk County supervisors get yet another raise amid double-pay controversy?
Polk County supervisors get raises almost every year. Are they due yet another as two new supervisors keep their full-time ...
Polk district receives one-year extension to raise Crystal Lake Elementary up to C grade
Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said that he does not expect Crystal Lake Elementary to need another year to achieve a C grade.