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      <title><![CDATA[Citywide trash service being discussed in public input meeting in Pittsburg]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/20088566/citywide-trash-service-being-discussed-in-public-input-meeting-in-pittsburg</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[City leaders in Pittsburg are discussing the ability to have trash services bid for four sectors of the city. This would make trash pickup a city utility, which would be added to the water bill.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:26:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drought reduces pheasant population but hunting preserves keep the sport alive]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pheasant season opens this weekend for those hunting in the wild. &nbsp;But on hunting preserves, like Claythorne Lodge in Cherokee County, Kansas, the hunt has been going on since September.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 19:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Freeman Health agrees to pay $9.3 million after self-reporting federal law violations]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Freeman Health gave incentive pay to 70 physicians based on contracts. &nbsp;Those physicians referred services that have a financial stake with Freeman, which is illegal. &nbsp;Audits caught the issue and now Freeman will pay $9.3 million in a settlement.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Group works to provide healthcare to children in Northeast Oklahoma]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The&nbsp;Northeastern Tribal Health System&nbsp;is continuing its campaign to get as many uninsured Native American children in northeastern Oklahoma signed up for Medicare or Medicaid&nbsp;programs.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[1,600 openings for truck drivers in Kansas]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Director of the Driving School at Fort Scott Community College, Rob Minor,&nbsp;says there are about 250 participants each year between the schools in Kansas City and Fort Scott.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cherokee County voters to decide liquor sales issue]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Right now the sale of liquor, other than beer, with a 3.2 alcohol content is only available at private clubs within Cherokee County. But after the November election restaurants across the county could begin selling liquor by the drink without maintaining the state regulated percentage of alcohol to food sales.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Teen zombies take over Pittsburg Public Library]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For Teen Read Week some teens&nbsp;are making a movie titled "It came from the library", a story about zombies taking over the Pittsburg Public Library.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$325,000 grant to help PSU nursing students]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A $325,000 federal grant will provide funding for 26 part time Pittsburg State nursing students. &nbsp;Each student will receive tuition as well as a stipend.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coffeyville warehouse looking for 300 seasonal employees]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A lot of employees are suddenly needed in one Southeast Kansas community. &nbsp;The demand is high for these jobs even though it&#39;s seasonal work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Children's museum taking shape in Parsons]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A&nbsp;new destination for toddlers through third graders is in the works in Parsons, Kansas and is scheduled to open next month. Dinosaurs, space, the human body, and insects will be the topic of exhibits at the newly formed Curious Minds Discovery Zone.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Baxter Springs mayor announces her resignation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/17386459/baxter-springs-mayor-locks-out-city-clerk</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Baxter Springs Mayor Jenifer Bingham has resigned. &nbsp;She announced her resignation in a letter to the Galena Sentinel Times...<br />]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$2M renovations underway at Pittsburg State dorm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/18660231/2m-renovations-underway-at-pittsburg-state-dorm</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.koamtv.com/story/18660231/2m-renovations-underway-at-pittsburg-state-dorm?t=2012-06-07T19:38:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This renovation is part of a $12 million residential hall renovation plan, which started in 2009. &nbsp;But when this building is finished the 1950&#39;s era building will be energy efficient and like new.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 18:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Neosho County approves emergency system that'll send alerts to your cell phone]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/18649978/neosho-county-approves-emergency-system-thatll-send-alerts-to-your-cell-phone</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Residents will be able to register their phones to receive the messages based on their location and the system will be able to make those alerts available to only the affected areas.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 19:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Katy Days in Parsons rich in history and tragedy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/18609383/katy-days-in-parsons-rich-in-history-and-tragedy</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.koamtv.com/story/18609383/katy-days-in-parsons-rich-in-history-and-tragedy?t=2012-05-31T19:50:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Katy Days in Parsons, Kansas celebrates the&nbsp;history of the Katy Railroad, which goes back to the 1800&#39;s and is rich with pride and tragedy. It&#39;s been celebrated for 12 years but this year is the 100th anniversary of a tragic event from train company&#39;s history.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sheriff calls Girard man a good Samaritan after he pulls two out of a burning vehicle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/18609108/sheriff-calls-girard-man-a-good-samaritan-after-he-pulls-two-out-of-a-burning-vehicle</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sheriff Sandy Horton says Christin Johnson lost control of her vehicle just north of Girard. &nbsp;The van flew into the air, landed in a tree and caught fire.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[One family survives two tornados in three years]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/14751890/one-family-survives-two-tornados-in-three-years</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.koamtv.com/story/14751890/one-family-survives-two-tornados-in-three-years?t=2011-10-31T14:44:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[People who survived the tornado will always remember it and for Tom Cook,&nbsp;the twister conjures up another memory he would rather forget. <br /><br />It was three years ago on May 11th that Tom Cook&#39;s wife, Terri, of 19 years, died after a tornado destroyed their home near Racine.&nbsp;]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[To heaven and back - SPECIAL REPORT]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/14582985/to-heaven-and-back-special-report</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[At the age of three,&nbsp;Truman Oaks was staring death in the face after being&nbsp;run over by a 3,800 pound SUV.&nbsp; Pinned underneath the rear tire&nbsp;Truman was unconscious and not breathing. <br /><br />On Mother&#39;s Day in 2009, Lora Hicks was getting ready for bed on when she started having pain in her chest.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her husband took her to the hospital where&nbsp;she had an emergency heart surgery. <br /><br />Both Truman and Lora say they saw Jesus.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Special Report:  Caffeine Buzz]]></title>
      <link>http://www.koamtv.com/story/13647507/caffeine-buzz</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Side effects of caffeine range from irritability and agitation to insomnia, but there are different tolerance levels for each person. For Dakota Sailor, a Carl Junction, Missouri teenager, an energy drink overload nearly cost him his life in 2009. After drinking an energy drink he had laid down to take a nap when his mother found him turning blue and trying to take a breath.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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